Farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery store employees are the backbone of the food supply chain, yet they're often among the hardest hit when natural disasters strike. This bill would create a $50 million grant program through the USDA to provide stabilization payments to these workers — distributed through their labor unions or membership organizations — when disasters disrupt their jobs and livelihoods. The Secretary of Agriculture would report to Congress on the program's outcomes within four years.
Congressional Summary
Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026This 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.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2026-03-16
- Date Added
- 2026-04-06