MIRC

An investigation by the New York Times found teenagers working inside Grand Rapids factories, in violation of child labor laws.

Twelve hour shifts, six days a week. A persistent, chemical smell that caused eyes to water, throats to itch and heads to ache. Two hundred workers and…

He says he arrived in Michigan in March. He came from Mexico with a temporary farmworker visa. He spent his days working with plants in a greenhouse. At…

The state is now requiring farmworker camp operators to space out beds and provide quarantine areas for sick workers.Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an…

Lisa Hauch grew up on her parent’s farm in Southwest Michigan. Now, she runs it, along with her brother and her husband. At Russell Costanza Farms, they…