Hiring foreign farmworkers to get tougher under new rule

[Commander Bunny]

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article...for-worker-law

Here's another tear-jerker from the North Bay area..

"Casimiro Alvarez, regional director of the United Farm Workers, estimated about 70 percent of Sonoma County’s agriculture workers are undocumented"

".Dutton, whose family farms more than 1,000 acres of vineyards in west Sonoma County, said his business uses the H-2A avenue to hire 40 to 45 farmworkers a year. The current process under the Obama administration, he said, is inefficient.

He said he must go to the U.S.-Mexican border to petition for each worker as well as advertise the position in three states to ensure potential American workers are not overlooked.

“Once the guys get visas, we have to provide transportation to get them up here, free housing; we have to guarantee they’re going to work three-quarters of the hours we offer, and if for some reason they don’t work that much, we have to pay them for the hours,” he said.

Advertise in 3 other states to make sure Americans have a chance at the work?...will they get the free transportation, housing and other perks given to a Mexican?....I highly doubt it, beside a typical rental in that area is over $1,000/month, way more than an American working for these slavers could ever dream of affording to pay.

[Twoller]

Originally Posted by Commander Bunny

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Advertise in 3 other states to make sure Americans have a chance at the work?...will they get the free transportation, housing and other perks given to a Mexican?....I highly doubt it, beside a typical rental in that area is over $1,000/month, way more than an American working for these slavers could ever dream of affording to pay.

And for wine? As if we need more wine.