From the Desk of the Executive Director Daniel J. Sheehan AFOP Executive Director The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) recently praised the Obama Administration’s new rule making millions of workers eligible for overtime pay as the president’s “most significant action on behalf of middle-class paychecks.” The rule boosts the threshold salary level under […]
The Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs’ (AFOP) Children in the Fields Campaign is proud to announce that we are now accepting submissions for the 2016 Migrant & Seasonal Farmworker Children Essay & Art Contests. The theme selected for this year’s contests is Cultivating Roots of Opportunities and the contest flyer and guidelines have been posted […]
By Amber James, Program Analyst for Workforce Development In recognition of National Farmworker Awareness Week, the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) would like to raise awareness about the scourge of child labor in U.S. agriculture. Around the world, agriculture remains the most important sector where 98 million, or 59%, of child laborers (ages […]
In recognition of National Farmworker Awareness Week and in honor of the birthday of the great farmworker and civil rights advocate, the late Cesar Chavez, the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs is reposting a New American Media commentary by Elva Yañez. Her very personal remembrance of Chavez and the everlasting impact his work on laborers […]
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By: Kathleen Nelson, Director of Workforce Development March 30, 2016 Many farmworkers cherish the role they play in bringing fresh food to tables in homes across the country. It’s not surprising that many of the farmworkers who qualify for National Farmworker Jobs Programs (NFJP) across the country, choose to pursue careers in the agricultural sector. […]
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By: Melanie Forti, Director of Health & Safety Programs Our lives are so busy now days that we forget to sit back, think, and be grateful for those hard working hands that harvest our food. Unfortunately, agricultural workers are one of the most forgotten and unacknowledged workers in the United States. Every day over 2.5 […]
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Washington, DC – Each year, it is estimated that over 1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied to farms, forests, lawns, parks and golf courses in the United States. With eighty percent of all U.S. pesticide use being in agriculture, farmworkers who pick the fruits and vegetables that end up on tables across America are […]
Although the year has hardly begun, the script seems already written for a difficult year for the budget and subsequent appropriations bills. If so, we can likely expect lawmakers to resort this fall to some form of a continuing resolution (CR) and/or a post-election omnibus spending package to complete the final business of the 114 Congress.
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Seventeen-year-old Ana Flores has worked in the tobacco fields in North Carolina with her single mother for the past five years. Loopholes in US child labor laws and regulations have allowed Ana and other juvenile workers to endure brutal working hours and conditions cutting and spearing tobacco under the charge of unsympathetic farm labor contractors. […]
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DOL Appoints Laura Ibanez New NFJP Unit Chief The United States Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has appointed Ms. Laura Ibañez as the agency’s new unit chief of its Specialty National Programs office that administers the National Farmworker Jobs Program. Ms. Ibañez comes to this position from the Labor Department’s Office of Disability […]
Now that the budget deal finalized late last month has given them revised spending totals for fiscal year 2016, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees are quietly working towards finalizing an omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016. To facilitate its adoption, the Senate last week approved the House-passed Military Construction/VA appropriations bill (MilCon/VA)(H. R. […]
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New OT Rule Raises Question: Why Not Farmworkers?
/in From the Executive Director's Desk /by AFOP CommunicationsFrom the Desk of the Executive Director Daniel J. Sheehan AFOP Executive Director The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) recently praised the Obama Administration’s new rule making millions of workers eligible for overtime pay as the president’s “most significant action on behalf of middle-class paychecks.” The rule boosts the threshold salary level under […]
2016 Annual Art & Essay Contest Now Open!
/in Children in the Fields Campaign /by AFOP CommunicationsThe Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs’ (AFOP) Children in the Fields Campaign is proud to announce that we are now accepting submissions for the 2016 Migrant & Seasonal Farmworker Children Essay & Art Contests. The theme selected for this year’s contests is Cultivating Roots of Opportunities and the contest flyer and guidelines have been posted […]
Closing the Loopholes, Opening Opportunities
/in AFOP, NFAW /by AFOP CommunicationsBy Amber James, Program Analyst for Workforce Development In recognition of National Farmworker Awareness Week, the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) would like to raise awareness about the scourge of child labor in U.S. agriculture. Around the world, agriculture remains the most important sector where 98 million, or 59%, of child laborers (ages […]
A Personal Reflection: Honoring the Legacy of Cesar Chavez
/in AFOP, NFAW /by AFOP CommunicationsIn recognition of National Farmworker Awareness Week and in honor of the birthday of the great farmworker and civil rights advocate, the late Cesar Chavez, the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs is reposting a New American Media commentary by Elva Yañez. Her very personal remembrance of Chavez and the everlasting impact his work on laborers […]
Lifting Others Out of Poverty
/in AFOP, NFAW /by AFOP CommunicationsBy: Kathleen Nelson, Director of Workforce Development March 30, 2016 Many farmworkers cherish the role they play in bringing fresh food to tables in homes across the country. It’s not surprising that many of the farmworkers who qualify for National Farmworker Jobs Programs (NFJP) across the country, choose to pursue careers in the agricultural sector. […]
A Small Act of Kindness Can Save A Farmworker’s Life
/in AFOP, NFAW /by AFOP CommunicationsBy: Melanie Forti, Director of Health & Safety Programs Our lives are so busy now days that we forget to sit back, think, and be grateful for those hard working hands that harvest our food. Unfortunately, agricultural workers are one of the most forgotten and unacknowledged workers in the United States. Every day over 2.5 […]
17th Annual National Farmworker Awareness Week
/in AFOP, NFAW /by AFOP CommunicationsWashington, DC – Each year, it is estimated that over 1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied to farms, forests, lawns, parks and golf courses in the United States. With eighty percent of all U.S. pesticide use being in agriculture, farmworkers who pick the fruits and vegetables that end up on tables across America are […]
From the Desk of the Executive Director
/in AFOP, From the Executive Director's Desk, Newsroom /by AFOP CommunicationsAlthough the year has hardly begun, the script seems already written for a difficult year for the budget and subsequent appropriations bills. If so, we can likely expect lawmakers to resort this fall to some form of a continuing resolution (CR) and/or a post-election omnibus spending package to complete the final business of the 114 Congress.
“WE THE PEOPLE” – AFOP Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
/in AFOP /by AFOP CommunicationsArkansas Partnership Provides Commercial Driver’s License training
/in Success Stories /by AFOP CommunicationsOpportunity Act & State Plans; Enhancing Employer Engagement
/in From the Executive Director's Desk /by AFOP CommunicationsAFOP Announces 2015 Farmworker Children Contest Winners
/in Children in the Fields Campaign /by AFOP CommunicationsCome On! Migrant Worker Justice in the 21st Century
/in AFOP, Newsroom /by AFOP CommunicationsSeventeen-year-old Ana Flores has worked in the tobacco fields in North Carolina with her single mother for the past five years. Loopholes in US child labor laws and regulations have allowed Ana and other juvenile workers to endure brutal working hours and conditions cutting and spearing tobacco under the charge of unsympathetic farm labor contractors. […]
New Personnel Changes at DOL
/in DOL /by AFOP CommunicationsDOL Appoints Laura Ibanez New NFJP Unit Chief The United States Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has appointed Ms. Laura Ibañez as the agency’s new unit chief of its Specialty National Programs office that administers the National Farmworker Jobs Program. Ms. Ibañez comes to this position from the Labor Department’s Office of Disability […]
AFOP Weighs in as Congress Works on Omnibus Appropriations Package
/in AFOP, Newsroom /by AFOP CommunicationsNow that the budget deal finalized late last month has given them revised spending totals for fiscal year 2016, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees are quietly working towards finalizing an omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016. To facilitate its adoption, the Senate last week approved the House-passed Military Construction/VA appropriations bill (MilCon/VA)(H. R. […]