Tag: h-2a
Stemilt, CIERTO partnership fosters ethical migration practices for farmworkers
- General News
Why don’t we create an international recruitment organization to demonstrate how recruitment should be done? This is the question Joe Martinez, co-founder, and CEO of CIERTO, asked himself over 12 years ago.
Legislation proposed to freeze AEWR
- Analysis
The federal H-2A program for agricultural guestworkers has long been an object of complaint for fruit and vegetable growers.
IFPA calls for member action to demand wage relief
- General News
IFPA has announced support for the Supporting Farm Operations Act (HR 7046), an immediate and meaningful measure to address wage relief.
Congressional letter reflects angst over AEWR
- Analysis
A letter sent to Congress on January 11 urging a freeze on increases in the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) reflects increased frustration among American growers with federal guestworker requirements.
House members send bipartisan letter requesting H-2A visa guestworker wage freeze
- General News
Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) was joined by 74 of his colleagues on a bipartisan letter to House and Senate appropriations leaders requesting an H-2A visa guestworker wage freeze in an upcoming spending package.
Alabama growers turn to H-2A
- Analysis
The guestworker program known as H2A grows in popularity for labor-strapped Alabama growers, as in other regions.
Frank talk about the farm bill
- Analysis
The produce industry might want to distinguish what it wants in the farm bill from what it can get.
H-2A’s new set of proposed rules
- Analysis
Proposed rules issued on September 12 by the Department of Labor (DOL) would affect the H-2A guestworker program.
FFVA criticizes DOL proposed H-2A rule
- General News
The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association issued the following statement in response to the proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor on H-2A.
Continued challenge to new AEWR policy
- Analysis
The adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) is one of many features that make the H-2A guestworker program unpopular with growers. One recent innovation makes it more so. This new provision applies multiple wage rates rather than the single statewide rate that had previously been in place.