Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 16, 2026)
Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026
This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to establish a grant program to provide farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers stabilization payments in the case of a natural disaster or other disaster. Specifically, AMS must provide funding to membership organizations or labor unions representing farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers for the payments.
What just happenedMar 16, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMar 16, 2026
- Mar 16, 2026IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Mar 16, 2026IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate