Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images Executives at a farm in Sunnyside, Washington, allegedly used the H-2A visa program to import cheaper foreign workers and then subsequently paid them below-market wages, federal officials say. Months ago, the Washington Attorney Generalâs Office reached a $3.4 million settlement with Ostrom Mushroom Farms for allegedly firing its mostly female farmworkers and replacing
Feds: Washington Farm Used H-2A Visa Program to Import Cheaper Foreign Workers
September 29, 2023 by
Republicans grill Labor Dept on farm worker visas, as official warns of ‘terrible’ conditions
July 29, 2023 by
Republicans in the House and Senate are questioning reported processing delays in the H-2A agricultural worker visa program — and asking if they are related to comments made by a Labor Department official they said may show “bias” against the program. On Thursday, Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman Virginia Foxx and Workforce Protection […]
Texas Dairy Farm Explosion Kills 18,000 Cattle: Cause Still Undetermined
June 15, 2023 by
An estimated 18,000 milking cows were killed, and one person was left critically injured, after an explosion ripped through a Texas dairy farm on Monday. Authorities have yet to determine the cause of the blast. The Castro County Sheriffâs Office confirmed with Fox News Digital the cows were in a holding area before being brought in
Is That Russia Troll Farm an Act of War?
February 20, 2018 by
According to the indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Russian trolls, operating out of St. Petersburg, took American identities on social media and became players in our 2016 election. On divisive racial and religious issues, the trolls took both sides. In the presidential election, the trolls favored Bernie Sanders, Jill Stein and Donald Trump, and […]