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SUNNYSIDE, Wash. - As stated in a news brief from the US Department of Labor, Ostrom Mushroom Farms failed to pay farmworkers their required wage rate and failed to provide
House Republican leaders continued to struggle Wednesday to get the party support they need to bring up the fiscal 2024 spending bill for USDA and FDA.
AFBF President Duvall says the failed Farm Workforce Modernization Act did not do enough.
Recently released H-2A program data reveals some interesting impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time since the Department of Labor began reporting quarterly data in 2013, the number of certified positions declined in the fourth quarter (July 1 â Sept. 30) of fiscal year 2020. However, the number of certified positions in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 (Oct. 1 â Dec. 31) climbed by nearly 20%, suggesting that while the pandemic has shifted the pattern of worker arrivals, it has not suppressed the overall upward trajectory of the program. Generally, the ...