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  • How Will Farmworkers Fare Under New EPA Leadership?

    How Will Farmworkers Fare Under New EPA Leadership?

    While labor assesses the dangers and opportunities presented by the Trump administration,  a sometimes-overlooked threat to farmworkers’ safety looms: potential cuts to environmental regulation. As James Trimarco and J. Gabriel Ware write in YES! Magazine: “[New EPA head Scott] Pruitt’s positions on climate change have been widely reported. Less well-known are the threats that his approach…

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