"North Carolina has the fifth largest migrant farmworker population in the country. Many workers live in housing that’s owned by the farmers they work for, and it’s not unusual for that housing to be shoddy. In the worst cases, migrants don’t have flush toilets and are without kitchens. But a bill making its way through the legislature seeks to improve those conditions."--Jessica Jones, WUNC.
Senate Bill 1466- Migrant Housing/Health/Safety passed the House! It now moves to the Senate TODAY for concurrence, and if successful, to the Governor’s desk to be signed into law. This legislation will improve Department of Labor inspection and enforcement for farmworker housing, bringing much needed improvements to the standard of living of migrant workers in NC.
To hear the WUNC broadcast on migrant housing legislation, aired earlier today, click here.
Congratulations to the Farmworker Advocacy Network and the NC Justice Center who worked for over two years for its passage!
