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EFI highlights companies that champion workers during Farmworker Awareness Week

WASHINGTON, March 24, 2025 – Equitable Food Initiative BB #:385632, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers,...

1 week ago 5 minute read

A Produce Blueprints Glimpse at 2025: Retirements and turnover

Executives in all segments of fresh produce continue to grapple with changes in the industry, including more frequent extreme weather...

3 weeks ago 3 minute read

A Produce Blueprints Glimpse at 2025: Human Capital

Executives in all segments of fresh produce continue to grapple with changes in the industry, including more frequent extreme weather...

3 weeks ago 5 minute read

IFPA urges Congress to tackle labor, regulatory, and economic crises in produce

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2025 – The International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) BB #:378962 today urged Congress to take bipartisan action...

1 month ago 5 minute read

ECIP recognizes 16 benchmark certifications supporting ethical labor practices

WASHINGTON, January 16, 2025 – On behalf of the Ethical Charter Implementation Program Advisory Group, Equitable Food Initiative announces the...

3 months ago 7 minute read

Tentative agreement reached to avoid Eastern port strike

January 8, 2025 NORTH BERGEN/LYNDHURST, NJ (January 8, 2025) – The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance...

3 months ago 1 minute read

Restaurant industry survey shows labor, sales challenges in 2025

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Restaurant365, the leading all-in-one restaurant management platform, today released findings from its annual...

4 months ago 4 minute read

Restaurants Canada says tax relief need is urgent

Toronto, Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today’s Fall Economic Statement was a missed opportunity by the federal government to...

4 months ago 3 minute read

Federal Court grants nationwide stay of enforcement of labor rules

Falls Church, VA (November 26, 2024) — Yesterday, a federal district court in Mississippi found the U.S. Department of Labor...

4 months ago 2 minute read

The Farm(workers) Bill: It’s about much more than farms

The Farm Bill is often thought of as a policy that solely impacts farmers, but its implications go much further,...

5 months ago 5 minute read

Port strike comes to tentative end

The International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance confirmed late October 3 that they reached a tentative agreement...

6 months ago 2 minute read

Biden Administration urges port negotiations to continue

A Statement from President Joe Biden on the Negotiations Between USMX and the International Longshoremen’s Association released October 01, 2024:...

6 months ago 2 minute read

USDA addresses East Coast and Gulf Coast port strikes

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2024 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the following statement in response to labor...

6 months ago 1 minute read

Restaurant Update: September could be a turning point

Black Box Intelligence released this monthly Out of the Box: Monthly Restaurant Industry Update September 27, 2024: August marked a...

6 months ago 8 minute read

Walmart Canada announces $92MM wage investment for frontline associates

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Sept. 25, 2024 /CNW/ – Today, Walmart Canada BB #:277371 announced at its Golden Quarter Conference that the...

6 months ago 4 minute read

Report: Restaurants hit record revenue but payroll outpaces gains

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Today, NEXT Insurance, a leading digital insurer transforming small business insurance, for...

6 months ago 5 minute read

New seasonal ag staffing platform manager ‘MiChamba’ launches

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Technology platform H2 Organizer officially launched today with agriculture staffing solution partners throughout...

7 months ago 6 minute read

Black Box Intelligence evaluates early impact of California’s fast food wage hike

Black Box Intelligence released this August 28, 2024: California’s recent minimum wage hike, from $16 to $20 per hour, has...

7 months ago 5 minute read
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