CRLA Foundation Joins UFW Foundation & United Farm Workers in Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Farmworker Wage Cuts
New federal rule would slash farmworker pay by $5–$7 per hour and shift $2.46 billion annually from workers to employers—one of the largest wage transfers in U.S. agricultural history. Sacramento, CA (November 25, 2025) — The California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLA Foundation) has joined 18 farmworkers, the United Farm Workers (UFW), and the UFW Foundation in filing a federal lawsuit to block the Administration’s newly announced rule cutting wages for agricultural
CRLA Foundation Condemns $2.46 Billion in Trump Wage Cuts and Expansion of H-2A Program to Non-Ag. Jobs
New Rule to Affect Over 400,000 Farmworkers, Reducing Pay by Up to One-Third The California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLA Foundation) joins the United Farm Workers (UFW) and UFW Foundation in condemning the Trump Administration’s newly announced rule  slashing wages for hundreds of thousands of farmworkers nationwide. The regulation, issued without public comment on October 2, will cut farmworker pay by as much as $5 to $7 per hour  and shift $2.46 billion  in annua
Press Release on Incoming Administration
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation recognizes that many of the serious problems our clients faced in the previous Trump...
Governor signs CRLAF’s AB 636, Requiring Mandatory Disclosure of California Labor Rights Information
After four years of effort and 2 prior vetoes, the Governor finally signed CRLAF’s AB 636 (Kalra), creating a comprehensive California...
Tacherra Ranch Tenants Seek Justice and Relief for Unsafe Living Conditions
Bolinas, California – September 27, 2023 – California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, with co-counsel Legal Aid of Marin, filed a...
CRLAF Celebrates the Release of Statewide Farmworker Health Study
CRLAF is pleased to announce that earlier this year, UC Merced released the study, “Farmworker Health in California: Health in a Time of...
CRLAF Welcomes Final Public Charge Rule + Calls on Congress to Make Health Care a Right for All
Last week, on September 9, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its updated final public charge rule, resolving a...
United Farm Workers March for AB 2183
From August 3 to August 26, 2022, farm workers across the Central Valley region marched 335-miles from historic Forty Acres, the original...