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Agricultural Labor Trafficking Growing Problem in Illinois

In Illinois, farming is big business. The Illinois Farm Bureau estimates that Illinois’ agriculture industry and related activity contribute more than $50 billion to the state’s economy. But the nature of farm work and the structure of our nation’s migrant labor program make the people who perform long hours of labor in Illinois’ over 72 million farms vulnerable to abuse. ....

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'Too Hot to Work' Report Looks at Impacts of Extreme Heat on Health, Earnings | Latino Voices | Chicago News

'Too Hot to Work' Report Looks at Impacts of Extreme Heat on Health, Earnings | Latino Voices | Chicago News
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IL Supreme Court Extends Eviction Moratorum To Sept. 18

IL Supreme Court Extends Eviction Moratorum To Sept. 18
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Extreme Heat is a Threat to Midwestern Outdoor Workers - Union of Concerned Scientists

Extreme Heat is a Threat to Midwestern Outdoor Workers - Union of Concerned Scientists
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Jane Barbosa remembered as 'big part of Elgin'

Jane Barbosa remembered as big part of Elgin
Jane Barbosa of Elgin died June 25 at age 75. She was an influential and well-known member of the Mexican and Latino community in Elgin.
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Jane Barbosa with her brother Manuel Barbosa, a pioneering former federal court judge from Elgin.
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Updated 6/29/2021 7:56 PM
Jane Barbosa, an influential and well-known member of the Mexican and Latino community in Elgin, died June 25 at Advocate Sherman Hospital. She was 75.
Born in Cerritos, San Luis Potosi, Barbosa and her family migrated from Mexico when she was a child. The family initially worked the migrant farming circuit. She and her brother, Manuel, who later became a pioneering federal court judge, picked cotton in Texas and sugar beets in Nebraska before their 10th birthdays. The family settled in Elgin in 1957. ....

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