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State grants help integrate newcomers | News, Sports, Jobs

State grants help integrate newcomers | News, Sports, Jobs
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Grants help integrate newcomers into Michigan communities | News, Sports, Jobs

LANSING Over $700,000 in state grants are funding projects at ethnic organizations aimed at supporting refugees, humanitarian parolees, asylum seekers and i

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Hourly wage increases for farm workers stir up Congress

Hourly wage increases for farm workers stir up Congress
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NC farmworkers: Here's what you don't see, but I did as a caregiver

What NC farmworkers face: Here’s what you don’t see, but I did | Opinion

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Mistreatment of Michigan farmworkers: Researchers document abuses, push for change

Mistreatment of Michigan farmworkers: Researchers document abuses, push for change
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Mistreatment of Michigan farmworkers: U-M researchers document abuses, push for change

Denied drinking water. Timed bathroom breaks. Threatened or fired for bruising apples while picking them. Unsafe exposure to chemicals and pesticides. Working into the middle of night or in extreme heat or rain. Unpaid or unfairly paid wages with no recourse.

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West Michigan blueberry farm treated migrant workers unfairly

A pair of migrant workers have sued a west Michigan farm in federal court for alleged labor trafficking violations.

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'Nearly broke me': Migrant workers accuse Michigan farm of trafficking, forced labor in suit ⋆ Michigan Advance

'Nearly broke me': Migrant workers accuse Michigan farm of trafficking, forced labor in suit ⋆ Michigan Advance
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'Nearly broke me': Migrant workers accuse Michigan farm of trafficking, forced labor in suit

When Feliciano Velasco Rojas and Luis Guzman Rojas left their homes in Mexico and traveled to North Carolina for work in 2017, they did so to support their families and earn enough money to pay for …

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Lawsuit against Michigan blueberry farm alleges labor trafficking violations

The lawsuit alleges that First Pick Farms, a blueberry farm in west Michigan, knowingly hired workers who were forcibly moved from North Carolina.

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