December is familiar territory when it comes to deciding the fate of the 60-hour farm labor overtime threshold. As you may recall, the New York State Farm Labor Wage Board voted two-to-one last New Year’s Eve to table the decision…
ALBANY, NY – Today, farmers from the Grow NY Farms coalition travelled from across New York to the state’s Capitol to hand-deliver hundreds of letters to Governor Kathy Hochul. The letters, written by both farmers and farmworkers whose livelihoods are threatened…
Dairy farmer Jeff King told the Albany Times Union that a lower overtime threshold will be "the final nail in the coffin for small family-run farms like his." “If a farm worker came to me and said they only wanted…
New York State Assembly Member Chris Tague, who represents farm country in the Hudson and Schoharie Valleys, wrote an opinion piece in the NY Daily News. He highlighted that many farmworkers have already left New York State seeking more hours…
LONG ISLAND, NY – Today, Long Island Farm Bureau representatives and coalition members from Grow NY Farms met with state officials and local farmers to discuss the imminent Wage Board decision that threatens to decrease the overtime threshold from 60…
The Plattsburgh Press Republican makes a strong case for maintaining the current 60-hour farm labor threshold. "While the idea of lowering the threshold for farmworkers earning overtime wages is good in principle, now is probably not the time to enact…
ALBANY,NY—Today, local farmers and farmworkers from across New York State warned state officials and all New Yorkers this Thanksgiving risks being the last with diverse and abundant locally grown New York products that we’ve all come to love. An imminent…
NEW YORK – Farm Credit East recently released a report forecasting a poor economic future for the agriculture sector if the state lowers the farmworker overtime threshold from 60 hours to 40 hours. The report concluded that a 40-hour overtime threshold will ultimately…
The Plattsburgh Press-Republican highlighted a diverse group from the agriculture community who shared their concerns, the labor needs, and economic challenges facing farmers and farmworkers should the 60-hour overtime threshold be lowered. Click Here to Read Full Story
PERU, NY – Today, coalition members from Grow NY Farms met with state officials at Rulfs Orchard to discuss the need to maintain the 60-hour overtime threshold for farmworkers. The event served as a continuation of Grow NY Farms’…