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Bill would have enabled unions to bypass elections by urging the majority of a grower’s workers to sign cards.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a controversial new immigration bill today, saying it will help the state solve a crisis that the federal government has refused to fix.
Georgia’s immigration bill will hit farmers where it hurts.
Wisconsin’s status as America’s Dairyland was built on the hard work and perseverance of generations of family farmers. This industry generates $26.5 billion in economic activity each year and is interconnected with nearly every industry sector in our state. Every dollar of dairy income delivers an additional $1.54 into local communities.
Working supervisors form the communication bridge between owner and workers.
Finding workers has become the number one concern for many local farmers. Tougher immigration laws, local people gravitating to other work, and the lack of an effective guest worker program makes filling the fields with workers more difficult than it was in the past.
As shortages of workers have intensified on Henderson County apple orchards and farms across the country, congressional panels have turned their attention toward proposals to fix the problem.
Florida’s fruit and vegetable growers say their biggest challenge is ensuring they have enough workers to pick their crops and get them onto grocery shelves."The whole immigration reform issue needs to be addressed at the federal level,” said Marie Bedner, whose family owns Bedner’s Farm Fresh Market west of Boynton Beach. “In Georgia, they had no labor to pick the crops. They rotted in the field."Two labor experts told Bedner and other growers at the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association’s 68th annual meeting Tuesday that if E-Verify becomes mandatory, it would be a disaster for domestic farmers. E-Verify is an electronic system designed to prevent the employment of undocumented workers in the U.S. through a cross-check of Social Security numbers and names.
Nov. 9 Webstream and conference call event helps explain the program’s “Know Your Rights: Employee Rights and Responsibilities.”
Aquila Farms ordered to pay nearly $3 million in penalties.
One culture values time and sacrifices relationships. The other fosters relationships over time and productivity.
Muchos productores de leche emplean trabajadores de habla hispana.
Paul Wenger tells congressional committee, “E-Verify without a workable, economical way to ensure a legal agricultural work force will be a disaster for American agriculture.”
AUDIE CORNISH: In Kansas, a coalition of conservative farm businessmen and liberal social advocates is pushing for an unusual law, one that would create a state-sanctioned work program benefitting illegal immigrants. Peggy Lowe, of Harvest Public Media, reports that their fiercest opponent is the Kansas politician who wrote Arizona’s tough immigration law.PEGGY LOWE: It’s a long way from Forget-Me-Not Farms to the Kansas state capitol. But T.J. Curtis drove the 300 miles because he needs more workers for his family’s dairy farm in the far western part of the state.
Exit interviews can give you good incite on how to improve employee management.
The goal is to have at least 20 producers per state participate to get a more accurate picture of dairy labor rates.
“The withdrawal of the proposal is a victory for common sense,” says Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation.
Dairy interests say decision could spawn ‘copycat’ legislation in other states and significantly affect employers who employ undocumented workers.
Dairy producers should consult with a qualified labor attorney in their state to ensure compliance.
A medida que el verano se puso más caluroso, las leyes de inmigración también lo hicieron, dando a conocer dos novedades.
Los litigios por salarios y por horas extras son las demandas que más están creciendo en los Estados Unidos.
Dangerous bulls, heavy machinery and treacherous manure pits can all pose hazards on a dairy. Follow these safety precautions.
The more agriculture does to practice good judgment and safety with children working on farms, the less likely stringent rules will be imposed.
Nearly two-thirds of respondents to California Farm Bureau Federation survey experienced labor challenges in 2012.
It’s about what the dairy needs, not what family members or employers want their responsibilities to be, Ohio professor says at Expo seminar.
The pervasive “Employee of the Month” incentive is a poor strategy for motivating employee productivity.
The giant yogurt maker foresees “negative” business conditions in Europe being more than offset by emerging markets.