Farmworkers

It’s been two years since migrant farmworker Jose Arturo Gonzalez Mendoza died from possible heat-related illness at Barnes Farming in Nash County — though the farm has said an autopsy shows a rare tumor was responsible. Last week, another farmworker died after a sweet potato truck struck him, an incident advocates say highlights the dangers migrant workers face.

The pro-free market nonprofit John Locke Foundation based in Raleigh says reforms are needed to save North Carolina's agriculture, starting with more visas for migrant Mexican farmworkers.

The North Carolina Department of Labor is investigating a possible heat-related death of a migrant Mexican farmworker.

New proposed rules from the U.S. Department of Labor could impact tens of thousands of temporary immigrant farm workers who come to North Carolina each…

New proposed rules from the U.S. Department of Labor could impact tens of thousands of temporary immigrant farm workers who come to North Carolina each…

A documentary about the little-known woman who co-founded the first farmworkers unions is being shown tonight in Raleigh. Many people have heard of Cesar…

North Carolina has a choice to make: either import workers, or import food, according to to North Carolina Farm Bureau President Larry Wooten, who led a…

Foreign-born farmworkers are vital to the American food system. But while most of the produce that ends up on American plates is handpicked, the…

Foreign-born farmworkers are vital to the American food system. But while most of the produce that ends up on American plates is handpicked, the…