Tree fruit growers in Washington state are happy with news that USMCA likely will pass the U.S. House next week. Growers discuss trade, labor, technology and research at their annual meeting.
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A record 257,667 H-2A-visa agricultural foreign guestworker positions were certified by the U.S. Department of Labor in 2019, but the rate of growth slowed to 6.1% after five years of more than 18%.
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Apple growers have lost a fair amount of picking time to rain this season and dealt with freezes as they push toward an early to mid-November end of harvest.
Agricultural foreign guestworkers sometimes quit their jobs early and return home for various reasons. A farm labor association says it’s a problem but how much of one is unclear from growers.
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The use of piece-rate pay in Washington state has been under attack since a state Supreme Court ruling last May that employers must pay workers an hourly minimum wage for non-productive time like weather delays and travel time.