Horticulture Industry Groups Hail New Advancement in Agricultural Labor Bill
March 25, 2021 Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act with bipartisan support.
The bill brings solutions to stabilize the current workforce and works to build a future workforce to help with growing needs.
Both AmericanHort and the United Fresh Produce Association have hailed the labor bill’s passage and look to the Senate for similar bipartisan support.
“The advancement of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act is the necessary first step in addressing the horticulture industry’s ongoing workforce challenges,” says Craig Regelbrugge, Senior Vice President of AmericanHort. “Our growers have dealt with a broken immigration and agricultural visa system for far too long. We now look to Republicans and Democrats in the Senate to take up the issue and consider legislation addressing the three pillars of reform for the essential farm workforce.”
“[The House’s] efforts, aided by colleagues on both sides of the aisle, made today’s passage of the bill possible,” says Tom Stenzel, President and CEO of the United Fresh Produce Association. “Now our efforts turn to the Senate where we will work to further improve the bill and garner similar bipartisan support for this legislation.”
Both organizations were responsible for writing to Congress to show their support for the bill’s passage.
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