This story was originally published by ProPublica. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s lawsuit last month against a large dairy farm over alleged
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 workers are excluded from many protections.
A large Minnesota farm failed to pay its workers at least $3 million in wages and housed them in substandard facilities, the state’s attorney general says.
A large Minnesota farm failed to pay its workers at least $3 million in wages and housed them in substandard facilities, the state’s attorney general says.
In observance of Martin Luther King Junior Day, there s a call to action to address the persistent wage disparity between Black women and their counterparts in the United States. Black women were paid, on average, 64% of what white men were paid in 2021 - according to the U.S. Census Bureau. .