Government program to protect farmworkers failing, report says
Labor Department officials oversee state counterparts who are supposed to ensure states protect farmworkers from unsafe housing, wage theft and other abuses.
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Labor Department officials oversee state counterparts who are supposed to ensure states protect farmworkers from unsafe housing, wage theft and other abuses.
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dropped five points in February, and the Department of Labor announced final rule to amend H-2A temporary labor certification regulations, but not everyone is happy.
A seminar at the Agweek Farm Show examined the H-2A program and other job recruitment strategies that have worked in the past and are working right now for agriculture.
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says he isn't waiting form Congress to fix the problems with the H-2A guest worker program and will start the USDA's own program.
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