The Farming Show

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How Olympia Can Learn From Colorado’s Farmworker Overtime Fix

How Olympia Can Learn From Colorado’s Farmworker Overtime Fix9 okt22 min

As evidence of the harm Washington state’s farming overtime law is causing farmworkers continues to mount, the state of Colorado has also grappled with the same problem, and state legislators there were able to achieve a bipartisan solution.

Democratic Colorado State Representative Matthew Martinez joins Dillon to explain the problem overtime caused for farmworkers in his state, and share the story of how a compromise solution was crafted and ultimately passed into law.