Agribusiness Group Ranks Immigration/Labor as Key
Written by Bruce Goldstein Saturday, 06 February 2010 09:03
"The California Grape and Tree Fruit League ranks labor and immigration rules as the most pressing issues facing agriculture in 2010," according to the Capital Press, a Northwest industry trade paper. The CGTFL has been a major player on behalf of agricultural employers on immigration and labor issues in Congress for decades.
The growers' strong interest arises in part from fears of immigration enforcement and concern that Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis is about to reverse the Bush-Chao changes to the wage rates and working conditions under the nation's agricultural guestworker program.
Congress needs to harness the the growers' and workers' common interest in immigration and labor reforms. If Congress does not act, our government will once again demonstrate its failure to address serious problems for which there are solutions with broad support. The AgJOBS immigration legislation is a bipartisan bill that resulted from a labor-management compromise. Our broken immigration system and the vulnerable, inadequate situation for farmworkers deserve a government response, and AgJOBS is the answer.
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