Unless the payroll includes a few first and second cousins, finding interested and qualified labor is becoming futile, according to producers. Read More
The struggle for adequate labor is nothing new. But the pandemic created some unexpected disruptions. Is labor one of them? Let us know what’s happening at your farm when it comes to labor.
Labor reform found it’s way onto the legislative docket in 2019, but it’s unlikely the various efforts underway currently end up making headway in what’s already a chaotic, unpredictable 2020.
A survey conducted by the California Farm Bureau Federation and the University of California, Davis, highlights the issue growers face with securing ample numbers of ag workers.
The New York State Assembly voted in an amended version of the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act, which requires farm owners to pay workers overtime wages and grants farm workers the right to unionize and collectively bargain with management.
Things like benefits, wages, and housing determine if a worker is willing to even consider working for you. But how they are treated once they sign on will determine if they will stick with you or not.
Start planning for a world where there won’t be just a shortage of laborers who helped make America’s tree fruit industry remarkable – there will be virtually zero.
USApple leader Phil Glaize of Virginia stresses need for reform with current labor regulations, programs at Congressional briefing on agriculture labor crisis.