Industry celebrates reintroduction of Farm Workforce Modernization Act theproducenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theproducenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act reintroduced in the House by Reps. Lofgren and Newhouse.
A widely supported solution for ongoing agricultural labor woes – the Farm Workforce Modernization Act – was reintroduced in the House Wednesday as Congress again looks to advance immigration reform. The bipartisan bill, which passed in the House in 2019 by a vote of 260-165, makes meaningful reforms to the H-2A agricultural guestworker program and creates a first-of-its-kind, merit-based program specifically designed for the nation’s ag sector.
The bill was negotiated over several months with input from farmers, agricultural stakeholders, labor organizations and farmworker advocates. In December 2019, it became the first agriculture labor reform legislation to pass the House of Representatives since 1986 and garnered support of more than 300 agricultural organizations. Since its passage in the House, the bipartisan coalition of members has been working to strengthen sup
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SpartanNash BB #:104892 announced today that the Company has promoted Amy McClellan to Vice President, Fresh Merchandising, effective March 8.
Ms. McClellan has served as SVP, Retail Operations and Merchandising for Martin’s Super Markets and as Division Vice President, Retail for SpartanNash since the company acquired Martin’s in January of 2019.
She recently celebrated her 20-year service anniversary with Martin’s, beginning as a part-time cashier while in high school and advancing to increasing roles of responsibility including Communications Specialist, Market Research Supervisor, Loyalty and Marketing Programs Manager, Director of Marketing and Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
Amy McClellan
SpartanNash has promoted Amy McClellan to VP, fresh merchandising, effective March 8. Formerly SVP, retail operations and merchandising at Martin’s Super Markets, McClellan has been division VP, retail for SpartanNash since the company acquired Martin’s in January 2019.
She recently marked her 20-year service anniversary with Martin’s, where she started as a part-time cashier while in high school and rose through the ranks to become communications specialist, market research supervisor, loyalty and marketing programs manager, director of marketing, and VP of sales and marketing.
In her latest role, McClellan will play a major part in developing the long-term vision of fresh product categories for SpartanNash’s 150-plus company-owned stores and 2,100 independent retail locations. She’ll guide the overall product assortment strategy, delivering high-quality products and deploying new solutions to meet and anticipate customers’ evolving needs. McClel