Farmworker Survey Bills Pt 1 - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST
The Washington State Tree Fruit Association is urging members and others in agriculture to let your legislators know they should not be supporting SB 5996.
Source: aginfo.net
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Farmworker Survey Bills Pt 1 - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST
The Washington State Tree Fruit Association is urging members and others in agriculture to let your legislators know they should not be supporting SB 5996.
Source: aginfo.net
'Our Voices are not being heard in Olympia': Red Apple Orchards shutters due to rising costs
ORONDO — At a Washington Senate Labor and Commerce Committee hearing last month, April Clayton, owner of Red Apple Orchards, a second-generation-owned farm in Orondo, tearfully told lawmakers her family
Source: wenatcheeworld.com
Overtime bill hits a dead end in WA Legislature
OLYMPIA - Senate Bill 5476 which aimed to provide agricultural employers with the flexibility to schedule up to 12 weeks of 50-hour of “special circumstance” workweeks without triggering overtime pay requirements met its end in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce.
Source: columbiabasinherald.com
Despite industry pushback, WA farmworkers will keep overtime pay
Since Jan. 1, agriculture has a 40-hour work week. But the system drew concerns from some growers over labor costs — and has workers split, too.
Source: crosscut.com