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October 22, 2013

U.S.: H-2A DELAYS THREATEN WINTER VEGETABLE HARVEST

October 22, 2013/ RuralLife.ca

Source: capitalpress.com

America’s nearly $4 billion winter vegetable harvest is in jeopardy if the Obama administration doesn’t immediately speed up foreign guest worker visa applications that have been stalled during the government shutdown, the Western Growers Association warns. The Office of Foreign Labor Certification at the U.S. Department of Labor had been closed since Oct. 1 and processing of H-2A guest worker applications was halted just when the growing season for (Read more...)