I mentioned yesterday that it was surprisingly odd to visit, as a reporter, a place I thought I knew by heart. It turns out that I didn't -- or that it has changed, or that you see different things ...

This article was originally published at Labor Notes. Since this article was written, apple packinghouse workers at two more companies have joined the strike: at Hansen Fruit and Columbia Reach. Six ...

Adrian Mendoza was among the four workers who met with Monson Fruit management Friday morning. He is also part of a larger committee tasked with collecting worker concerns and feedback and passing it ...

YAKIMA – Rosalinda Gonzalez was almost 22 years old when she started working at Columbia Reach Pack. Now at age 41, after 19 years with the company, Gonzalez is participating in her first worker ...

The pear season was well underway in the Hood River valley when the coronavirus pandemic hit Oregon and Washington. “The initial impact was fear and uncertainty,” said Doug Gibson vice president of ...

UNION GAP, Wash. — The latest totally new world-class apple packing plant in the Pacific Northwest opened this fall on the southwestern edge of Union Gap, just south of Yakima. Borton Fruit Co. is ...

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – An old citrus packing plant now serves as the home for a local family-owned business, Florida Paints. The facility in Winter Garden was built in the early 1920s and packed some ...

Strikes continued at six Yakima Valley fruit-packing houses Monday, though not without some pushback. Hansen Fruit workers had to relocate after the company prohibited activity at a previous site, ...

A new packing robot developed in Aotearoa lets fruit packing companies is said to automate labour intensive jobs and free up staff to redeploy scarce labour into areas that add more value. It comes as ...

The B.C. Tree Fruits Cooperative says it will compensate its Osoyoos members for transporting their product to Oliver after it shut down the aging packing plant to ...