James P. Collins
@jpcollins.me
UNC Planning PhD candidate studying geographies of climate risk and (im)mobility — jpcollins.me
Improving housing conditions and protecting worker health is a huge challenge. But as far as this proposed wage reduction -- it only takes <1 minute to speak up in support of farmworker's livelihoods this Thanksgiving by adding your name here: act.seiu.org/a/h2awagecom...
Take action to stop Trump Admin’s H2A proposal which could slash wages for farm workers
Comment period ends December 1: Sign on to stop Trump Admin’s H2A wage changes.
Sign on today and say “NO” to slashing wages for farm workers. #WeFeedYou
act.seiu.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Improving housing conditions and protecting worker health is a huge challenge. But as far as this proposed wage reduction -- it only takes <1 minute to speak up in support of farmworker's livelihoods this Thanksgiving by adding your name here: act.seiu.org/a/h2awagecom...
... to the excellent series @propublica.org ran last year, America's Dairyland: www.propublica.org/article/the-...
Immigrant Dairy Workers Often Endure Substandard Housing Conditions. The Law Doesn’t Protect Them.
Minnesota’s attorney general exposed conditions at one dairy farm where workers lacked heat and plumbing and dealt with mold in their homes. Housing like this is common on dairy farms, since dairy wor...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
... to the excellent series @propublica.org ran last year, America's Dairyland: www.propublica.org/article/the-...
And re: the quality of this "non-monetary compensation," 60+ years of reports and reporting has documented how "deplorable" H-2A housing can be, from a 1959 Consultants Report on Mexican Farm Labor Program to the Dept of Labor... lib.ncfh.org/pdfs/2k12/82...
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
And re: the quality of this "non-monetary compensation," 60+ years of reports and reporting has documented how "deplorable" H-2A housing can be, from a 1959 Consultants Report on Mexican Farm Labor Program to the Dept of Labor... lib.ncfh.org/pdfs/2k12/82...
Instead of addressing rural housing shortages (which public reports from 70+ years ago describe as one reason domestic workers avoid farm work), this passes production costs on to H-2A farmworkers who underpin US agriculture. catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00712...
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Instead of addressing rural housing shortages (which public reports from 70+ years ago describe as one reason domestic workers avoid farm work), this passes production costs on to H-2A farmworkers who underpin US agriculture. catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00712...
The government largely justifies this "downward adjustment" on wages by casting the housing employers provide (as required by law) as "non-monetary compensation" that unfairly hurts domestic workers.
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The government largely justifies this "downward adjustment" on wages by casting the housing employers provide (as required by law) as "non-monetary compensation" that unfairly hurts domestic workers.
And re: the quality of this "non-monetary compensation," 60+ years of reports and reporting has documented how "deplorable" H-2A housing can be, from a 1959 Consultants Report on Mexican Farm Labor Program to the Dept of Labor... lib.ncfh.org/pdfs/2k12/82...
lib.ncfh.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
And re: the quality of this "non-monetary compensation," 60+ years of reports and reporting has documented how "deplorable" H-2A housing can be, from a 1959 Consultants Report on Mexican Farm Labor Program to the Dept of Labor... lib.ncfh.org/pdfs/2k12/82...
Instead of addressing rural housing shortages (which public reports from 70+ years ago describe as one reason domestic workers avoid farm work), this charges rising production costs to the pockets of H-2A farmworkers who underpin US agriculture. catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00712...
catalog.hathitrust.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Instead of addressing rural housing shortages (which public reports from 70+ years ago describe as one reason domestic workers avoid farm work), this charges rising production costs to the pockets of H-2A farmworkers who underpin US agriculture. catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00712...
This government largely justifies this "downward adjustment" on wages by casting the housing employers provide (as required by law) as "non-monetary compensation" that unfairly hurts domestic workers.
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This government largely justifies this "downward adjustment" on wages by casting the housing employers provide (as required by law) as "non-monetary compensation" that unfairly hurts domestic workers.
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"If this economy continues on like it is for another year, yeah, for sure, we're going to have a lot of foreclosures"...
Really good piece by @npr.org:
www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...
Really good piece by @npr.org:
www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...
Disaster and insurance costs are rising. The middle class is struggling to hang on
Middle-class families are struggling to afford insurance in southwest Florida. Realtors say a wave of foreclosures could be coming.
www.npr.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"If this economy continues on like it is for another year, yeah, for sure, we're going to have a lot of foreclosures"...
Really good piece by @npr.org:
www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...
Really good piece by @npr.org:
www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...