Since last year, worker advocates and industry representatives in Illinois have negotiated over a potentially groundbreaking piece of legislation that would require employers to protect laborers from extreme temperatures. In private discussions, the Illinois Farm Bureau, a powerful lobbying organization for the stateโs agricultural industries, voiced concern that the bill would impede farmers’ ethical duty […]
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