AG
EMPLOYERS BENEFIT FROM LABOR FORUM Labor
shortages and the nuts and bolts of the H-2A guest worker program were on everyone’s
mind at the 32nd Ag Labor Relations Forum Thursday and Friday (September 28-29)
in Orlando. Based
on the theme, “Learn How to Avoid Labor Troubles Before They Occur,”
speakers and workshops updated participants on the progress of immigration reform,
provided guidance on issues such as farmworker housing and farm safety, and took
them through a course in how to use the H-2A guestworker program. As
breakfast keynote speaker Friday, Casey Welch, coordinator of national affairs
for Florida Farm Bureau Federation, encouraged those present to participate in
a program where they send empty shopping bags to members of the House of Representatives
with a message about the importance of comprehensive immigration reform to the
domestically-produced food supply. ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP (Members-Only
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