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H-2A numbers continue to rise
The government’s H-2A program for contracting with agricultural workers from abroad continues to expand in the first two quarters of...
EFI supports Biden administration efforts on ethical recruitment
WASHINGTON – Equitable Food Initiative (EFI), BB #:385632 the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers...
Grocery prices soar in May CPI report
June 10, 2022 — The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.0 percent in May on a...
A few bad apples in farm labor account for nearly 75 percent of violations
No, the bad apples in this title aren’t actually apples. They are the small percentage of employers in the produce...
California adds another minimum wage increase
California governor Gavin Newsom has announced an additional state minimum wage hike, to become effective on January 1, 2023. Currently...
Bonduelle implements inclusive hiring model at all fresh facilities in the U.S.
After implementing the framework in regional markets, the packaged produce purveyor aims to remove systemic barriers to employment on a...
7-Eleven plans to hire 60,000 on national hiring day
IRVING, Texas, April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — 7-Eleven BB #:105528, Speedway and Stripes, along with participating independent franchise owners and...
Growers avoid excess pay for overtime
Last week, Oregon joined two other Pacific coast states, California and Washington, in requiring overtime pay for farm workers. These...
Oregon: Farmworkers to get overtime pay
On April 15, Oregon governor Kate Brown signed a bill (HR 4002) into law that will now require state growers...
Gideon launches autonomous forklift for loading and unloading
ZAGREB, Croatia and DOVER, Delaware, April 21, 2022 – Gideon, the robotics and AI solutions company, today announced a pioneering...
A glimpse at grocery wages suggests room for increases
I find it disgustingly vulgar when business news run stories about the latest gargantuan CEO salary. But that’s just me....
New restaurant robot has “eyes” and “arms” to identify, serve dishes
SHENZHEN, China, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Pudu Robotics, the global leader in commercial service robots, has recently unveiled PUDU...
Workforce management platform Seso raises $25MM
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Seso, the workforce management platform for agriculture, announced today that it has closed $25 million in Series A...
Testing complete on robot strawberry harvester
The figure 25 percent surfaces in a couple of different but intimately related contexts. As I noted in a column...
Florida Woman pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy involving the forced labor of Mexican agricultural H-2A workers
A woman in Florida pleaded guilty today to a federal racketeering conspiracy that victimized Mexican agricultural workers admitted into the...
Walmart boosts driver pay, starts fleet development program
Throughout Walmart’s BB #:143789 history, we’ve been committed to turning ambition into opportunity. In the last several years, we’ve cast...
EFI provides free training tools: Sexual Harassment Awareness Month
Free Training Tools Available to Address Sexual Harassment of Farmworkers WASHINGTON – Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification...
Unionization: a simple answer for a complex problem
A couple of weeks ago, our garage door opener was on the fritz, so I ordered a new one from...
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