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Articles, newspapers, interviews, and testimony published in support of the Fairness for Farmworkers Act. 

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Legislators, activist champion pay equity, overtime for farmworkers

By Sarah Heinonen

The Reminder

February 02, 2025

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A loss due to fear: What a crackdown on immigration could mean for agriculture

By Mara Melitts

Daily Hampshire Gazette

January 13, 2025

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Farmworkers Bear the Brunt of the Sun

By Claudia Quintero & Maya McCann

Montague Reporter 

Jun 27, 2024

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Place at the Table, Letters to the Editor of Boston Globe Magazine

Fairness for Farmworkers Coalition, Letters to the Editor Boston Globe Magazine

October 27, 2023

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Columnist Bill Newman: State’s farmworkers deserve better

By Bill Newman

Daily Hampshire Gazette

September 29, 2021

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‘We’re only asking for better conditions’: Advocates push for passage of Fairness for Farmworkers Act

BY SCOTT MERZBACHTHE

DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE

November 5, 2021

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R-21.340 A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE FAIRNESS TO FARMWORKERS ACT

City of Northampton Resolution 

October 7, 2021

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Legislative push renewed to raise farmworkers’ pay to state minimum

By Emilee Klein

Daily Hampshire Gazette

February 05, 2025

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‘There is tremendous fear.’ As Massachusetts farm workers toil under brutal conditions, some push for legislative change.

By Andrew Botolino

Globe Correspondent 

July 10, 2024

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'Fairness for Farmworkers Act' aims at raising sub-minimum wage

BY Amanda Keane

Spectrum News

UPDATED 8:30 PM ET APR. 16, 2024 

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End the discriminatory treatment of farmworkers

By HARRIS FREEMAN

Commonwealth Magazine

October 9, 2023

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Coalition seeks to pass bill to allow farm workers state minimum wage, overtime, day of rest

By Danny Jin

The Berkshire Eagle

Sep 16, 2021

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Farm workers push for fair pay in MA bill

By Kristina D'Amours

Western Mass News

January 29, 2025

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Commentary: Farmworker fairness bill needs action on Beacon Hill

By Georgia Katsoumolitis &

Claudia Quintero

Boston Business 

Jun 28, 2024

Updated Jul 1, 2024

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CT jumps ahead of Massachusetts, as 4 of 6 New England states boost their minimum wages

By Sam Hudzik

New England Public Media 

Published December 29, 2023

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Tobacco farms have dwindled but hang on in the Valley; summer floods sent them back to square one

By Aprell May Munford

The Republican 

August 13, 2023

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Boston Statehouse: Hearing for Farmworker Fairness Bill

By Melissa Torres

Western Mass News

Updated: Nov 10, 2021

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Testimony in Support of FFA

Click below to read testimonies written in support of the Fairness for Farmworkers Act by stakeholder organizations and partners. 

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Economic Policy Institute 

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ACLU Of Massachusetts

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National Employment Law Project 
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Massachusetts Law Reform Institute

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MassCOSH

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Central West Justice Center

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