Press Releases

February 27, 2023

Colorado Agribusinesses Dismiss Challenge to Workers’ Rights Statute

February 23, 2023

Fourth Circuit Enjoins North Carolina Ag-Gag Law, Affirming Constitutionality of Undercover Investigations and Whistleblowing

January 31, 2023

Third Circuit Court Affirms Legal Tool for Worker Safety

November 16, 2022

The next Farm Bill can only be “climate-smart” if it reduces agricultural reliance on pesticides, says diverse coalition

November 15, 2022

Hormel Foods Advertises Conventional Meat as “Natural,” Newly Released Documents Show

November 7, 2022

Colorado Worker Group Intervenes to Oppose Constitutional Challenge to State’s Workers’ Rights Statute

October 11, 2022

After Long Delay, Groups Sue EPA for Response on Factory Farm Water Pollution Rules

September 27, 2022

Court Strikes Down Iowa Recording Ban Ag-Gag Law

July 26, 2022

Lawsuit Against Smithfield for Lying to Public Will Move Forward

June 10, 2022

Food Advocacy Groups Defend Lawsuit to Hold Smithfield Accountable for Lying to the Public at the Expense of Workers’ Lives

May 3, 2022

Texas court grants farmers of color groups to represent their own interests in debt relief case

May 2, 2022

Una corte en Michigan avanza la demanda que aboga por la compensación de trabajadores indocumentados

April 28, 2022

Michigan Court Advances Lawsuit Advocating for Workers’ Compensation for Undocumented Workers

April 26, 2022

Victory for Animals and Free Speech as U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Kansas Ag-Gag Law

March 15, 2022

Court Strikes Down Second Iowa Ag-Gag Law

January 26, 2022

California regulators reject petition request to immediately initiate rulemaking to end credits for factory farm gas, despite adverse local pollution impacts

November 22, 2021

After Sponsoring Arkansas’s Ag-Gag Law, Rep. DeAnn Vaught Refuses to Defend its Constitutionality

November 22, 2021

Food Worker and Food & Farm Justice Organizations Support the Introduction of the Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2021 (PAMWA) 

November 4, 2021

Grupo de Derechos de Inmigrantes presenta un litigio para Asegurar que los Trabajadores Indocumentados de Michigan Reciban Compensación por Accidentes Laborales

November 4, 2021

Immigrant Rights Group Files Lawsuit to Ensure Undocumented Workers Receive Workers’ Compensation in Michigan 

October 27, 2021

Climate credits for factory farm gas violate civil rights, fail to achieve climate benefits, states petition submitted to CARB

October 26, 2021

Legal Petition Challenges EPA Inaction on Factory Farm Air Pollution

September 15, 2021

Climate, Environmental Justice Groups Call US-EU Methane Reduction Commitment a Long Overdue First Step

September 2, 2021

Appeals Court Sends Hormel “Natural Choice” Deceptive Advertising Case to Trial

August 19, 2021

Appeals Court Affirms Kansas Ag-Gag Law is Unconstitutional

August 10, 2021

Public Justice and Allies Secure Win in Arkansas Ag-Gag Law

July 1, 2021

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement and Food & Water Watch File Petition for Rehearing with Iowa Supreme Court

June 21, 2021

Smithfield Lied to the Public at the Expense of Workers’ Lives, New Lawsuit Alleges

June 21, 2021

Una Nueva Demanda Alega que Smithfield le Mintió al Público a Costa de las Vidas de los Trabajadores

June 18, 2021

Iowa Supreme Court Rules Against Iowa Citizens in Right to Clean Water Lawsuit

June 10, 2021

Public Justice urges Biden Administration to expand mandatory protections to all workers in dangerous workplaces

April 15, 2021

A Full Month After Emergency Temporary Standard Deadline, Public Justice Urges the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to Protect Workers from COVID-19 by Issuing an ETS

April 6, 2021

Climate, Environmental Justice Groups Call for Biden EPA to Hold Industrial Dairy and Hog Operations Accountable and to Reject Big Ag Technology

July 8, 2020

Meat Workers and Allies File Complaint Challenging Meat Processing Corporation Actions, Alleging Racial Discrimination in Disastrous COVID-19 Response

April 24, 2020

Smithfield Workers Ask Court to Force Company to Protect Them From COVID-19

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