Articles Tagged with ''H-2A''

The Department of Labor (DOL) is publishing today its 2022 Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR), which are the minimum an employer must pay H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural workers, and proposing some changes to how those rates are set for certain jobs.

In this opinion piece, a coalition of livestock industry groups discuss the urgent need for immigration reforms that meet labor needs in the industry.

The Senate faces a Wednesday deadline to vote on a bipartisan infrastructure package even as Democrats try to finalize a bigger $3.5 trillion package of climate provisions and domestic spending initiatives.

In this opinion piece, Jen Sorenson with the NPPC discusses why the H-2A visa program needs to be expanded.

In this opinion piece, Terry Wolters, president-elect of the National Pork Producers Council, discusses the need for expanding labor programs.

In this opinion piece, from former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. discusses the issues facing agriculture employment.

House Democrats are gearing up to pass the Farm Workforce Modernization Act to reform the H-2A visa program and legalize undocumented workers. But the path ahead in the Senate for an ag labor bill is as difficult as ever, especially with the surge of migrants at the border.

The Senate is set to OK President Joe Biden’s nominees for Interior secretary and U.S. Trade Representative this week, while the House looks to jump-start a congressional debate over immigration reform and farm labor.

A key Republican says the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill Democrats are pushing through the Senate will lead to automatic cuts in farm programs and other forms of federal spending. Sen. John Boozman, the top Republican on the Senate Ag Committee, is referring to the Congressional Budget Office’s determination that the legislation would trigger the budget sequestration process under the 2011 budget law.