Agricultural laborers have been officially declared 'essential.' Now, the White House is seeking to reduce wage rates for foreign guest workers on U.S. farms. About 10% of all farmworkers fall into this category.
Farmworkers work at a winery in Clarksburg, Calif., on March 24. Farms continue to operate as essential businesses even as the coronavirus has hurt the agriculture industry. Farmworkers work at a winery in Clarksburg, Calif., on March 24. Farms continue to operate as essential businesses even as the coronavirus has hurt the agriculture industry.
to ensure Americans have food to eat and U.S. grocery stores remain stocked. Workers on the H-2A seasonal guest-worker program areThe effort to provide"wage relief" to U.S. farmers follows an announcement Friday by the USDA to develop a program that will include direct payments to farmers and ranchers hurt by the coronavirus. TrumpLast month, the U.S. State Department said it will start processing more applicants seeking H-2A temporary guest worker visas to ensure U.S.
"So in the middle of a pandemic, rather than trying to figure out the cheap way to do things, we need to make sure we live up to the expectations society has of us as an industry to keep the food flowing," Nicholson said. "President Trump should see right through what the agriculture lobby is demanding in the name of 'food security' at the height of a health crisis – lower wages for American workers and more cheap foreign labor," said Dan Stein of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which supports immigration restrictions."These appalling demands underscore that the whole way this nation produces food should be re-examined.
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