Agricultural Worker Labor and Employment Laws Study Committee

 

AGENDA

 

Room 10 or Zoom

October 11, 2024

Last Updated 10/11/2024 3:47 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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10:00 AM                   Overview of Migrant Justice | Justicia Migrante

Collective bargaining for farmworkers

Will Lambek, Organizer, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante

Abel Luna, Member, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante

Jose Ignacio De La Cruz, Member, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante

 

11:00 AM                   Break

 

11:15 AM                   Migrant Justice | Justicia Migrante

Continued discussion

Salatiel Perez, Member, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante

Yesenia Hernández, Member, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante

Will Lambek, Organizer, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Overview of Vermont Farm Bureau

Collective bargaining for farmworkers

Jackie Folsom, President, Vermont Farm Bureau

Glenn Card, President and Farmer, Chittenden County Farm Bureau

Deanna Fox, Chief Executive Officer, New York Farm Bureau

Kim Skellie, Board Executive, New York Farm Bureau

Maureen Torrey, Director, Board of National Council of Agricultural Employees

 

2:15 PM                   Break

 

2:25 PM                   Massachusetts Collective Bargaining and Labor Law

Philip Roberts, Director, Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations

 

3:00 PM                   Vermont Definition of Agriculture

Issues and options

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Sophie Zdatny, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

3:35 AM                   Adjourn

 

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