Tag: labor

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IFPA Director of U.S. Government Relations John Hollay was named to a multi-stakeholder and bi-national task force convened by the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars that aims to develop a series of evidence-based policy recommendations to improve labor recruitment and employment conditions for farm workers throughout North America.

Why don’t we create an international recruitment organization to demonstrate how recruitment should be done? This is the question Joe Martinez, co-founder, and CEO of CIERTO, asked himself over 12 years ago.

Equitable Food Initiative, the capacity-building and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, has released an updated communications toolkit in preparation for Farmworker Awareness Week, which is held March 25-31 annually.

The U.S. Apple Association’s Board of Directors met this morning with the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, and key members of his senior leadership team at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Square released the latest edition of its quarterly Restaurant Industry Report, which uses data across Square’s food and beverage sellers to examine dining trends, along with shifts in both consumer spending and restaurant wages.

“Labor issues are starting to stabilize, but they remain a real concern for most retailers and suppliers I speak with,” says Kevin Brooks, of Procurant

The federal H-2A program for agricultural guestworkers has long been an object of complaint for fruit and vegetable growers.

IFPA has announced support for the Supporting Farm Operations Act (HR 7046), an immediate and meaningful measure to address wage relief.

Ethical labor practices have been an issue in the fruit and vegetable industry for decades. But only in recent years has the industry attempted to outline and implement fair labor practices in an organized way.