Tag: Minimum wage
Migrant farm work has boomed in Michigan. The feds just cut workersâ pay
The lower minimum wage for migrant farmhands has some farmers celebrating the cost savings and others wondering if theyâll still be able to attract the workers they need….
Migrant farm work has boomed in Michigan. The feds just cut workers’ pay
The decision comes after years of outcry from some farmers that the cost of labor, transportation and housing for H-2A workers was making it impossible to break even.
Stateside: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025
On Election Day, we learn about the history of Michigan’s original constitution. Then, some features from Interlochen Public Radio about a whitefish hotspot and H-2A worker wages. And two women share their journeys of infant loss and love.
First Student school bus drivers in Grey-Bruce set strike deadline
The union representing First Student Canada school bus drivers in the Owen Sound and Kincardine areas are warning that its members could go on strike beginning next week (Nov. 10). Unifor, which represents close to 150 bus drivers in the two areas, said that its members could go on strike beginning on Nov. 10 if […]
Dystopian Denials Of Climate Change Don’t Change The Facts
I just finished the Kamala Harris memoir about the 2024 election, 107 Days. I come away from reading it even more unsettled than ever about the dystopian state of our democracy under President Donald J. Trump and his Project 2025 backers. Private companies and US citizens are hesitant to practice … [continued]
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