By admin • Three Haitian workers are suing the meatpacking giant JBS for discrimination, on behalf of hundreds of Haitians who worked alongside them, adding to a number of food worker cases now in the courts.
• In January, a federal court in Michigan ruled to move forward a human trafficking lawsuit brought by Mexican farmworkers who came to the U.S. through the H-2A program. That case followed another in Michigan in 2025, where a jury awarded six Guatemalan farmworkers more than half a million dollars for abuses they suffered within the H-2A program.
• Worker rights advocates say some immigrants are now looking toward the courts, rather than federal channels, like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or agency offices dedicated to civil rights and liberties.