he has, he OK'd farm workers to unionize with OT... and the farmers love him for it!!!
Posted on 06/23/2019 9:36:03 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
New York farmers say they are straining under increased costs as a worker shortage has forced them to use a federal visa program to bring in temporary agricultural workers from other countries.
While farmers are grateful for the H-2A visas, which lets them import workers, some say their costs have ballooned while their revenue is mostly stagnant.
“For us, there is no non-H-2A labor,” said Dennis Brawdy, partner with Amos Zittel and Sons in Erie County, which employs 72 workers this year. “Three to five years ago, we were 100% non-H-2A because there was an adequate amount of workers around,” Mr. Brawdy said of the vegetable-growing and greenhouse operation.
As the U.S. has tightened border security in recent years, many agricultural companies that had relied on illegal immigrant laborers are turning to H-2A visas. More than 196,000 H-2A visas were granted in 2018, compared to about 89,200 in 2014, according to the U.S. Labor Department.
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“Three to five years ago, we were 100% non-H-2A because there was an adequate amount of workers around,” Mr. Brawdy said“
He admitted to multiple felonies. Arrest him.
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I’m sure that Governor Cuomo will take care of NY farmers.
“many agricultural companies that had relied on illegal immigrant laborers are turning to H-2A visas”
The owners of agricultural companies that rely on illegal laborers should be arrested, put on trial and put in prison. Then RICO laws should be used to confiscate their business.
Sure he will. If he had his way, he'd have all NY farmers murdered and turn their land over to illegals, to ensure an adequate supply not of food, but of D voters.
That was my second thought when I read that, too.
My first (gracious and naive) thought was “Wow, why did all the hard working Americans drop out of the ag business in such a short amount of time? Did they all become coders?”
Then it dawned on me “Duh, you dope!”
The Amish farm and get by just fine without foreign workers.
Be interested to see how many dollars in federal farm subsidies these farms receive.
After murdering the white farmers, he’d probably parcel it out in 40 acre chunks, toss in a mule, and say “Here are your long-overdue reparations.” Then the food supply would promptly plummet to zero.
Then after the useful idiots rioted he would imprison them or kill them outright and sell the land to the Chinese who would bring in good quality slave labor and call it progress.
72 workers is not a small operation.
That is a large corporate farm.
And they cheat, and cheat a lot.
Say it’s not so. Why I thought that the Governor was the Johnny Appleseed and Green Giant rolled up into one for the Empire State. I’m so disappointed.
I know a lot of mom and pop farms are in trouble, big trouble.
It’s a mistake to let them wither on the vine.
As far as labor costs go, robots are being developed that will be able to do quite a bit; eliminating the need for (illegal) labor. Finding and keeping workers should not be a problem going forward.
Hopefully the family farms will survive until that time.
Right. Imagine how cheap a new car would be if UAW workers lived like the Amish.
he has, he OK'd farm workers to unionize with OT... and the farmers love him for it!!!
TOO MUCH FARM
Capitalism says Corporate bought up too much farm than they can handle, if the management plan requires illegal means.
BACK TO FAMILY FARM
May you creatively destruct back to family farms.
May Corporate support deregulation for a change.
As Not seen on TV ...
Fruit and veggies have high transportation costs.
Adding even 100% to the labor cost would be insignificant to the retail price of fruit and veggies.
1 acre of lettuce costs $3,600 to harvest, but the total cost to plant, irrigate, and package that 1 acre of lettuce is over $16,000.
The profit on the lettuce is $17,000 at wholesale prices.
The transportation costs and store profit add more costs.
Maybe the farmers should go on welfare like the workers who won’t work.
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