Oregon missing unified data collection, complaint process for farmworkers, report says

The lack of clear metrics makes it harder for the state to track the wellbeing of farmworkers throughout the state, the report argues. Oregon lacks a unified system to track data and handle complaints about working conditions from farmworkers who make up the backbone of the state’s multi-billion dollar agricultural industry, a new state report found. The 75-page report released last week by the Legislative Policy and Research Office comes in response to a 2025 state law mandating state analysts review the state’s agricultural industry and its methods for administering labor standards. A key area of concern for analysts was a lack of interagency coordination on enforcement of some of the nation’s strongest farmworker legal protections.

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