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Summer employers hired American amid Trump visa squeeze
Right_in_Virginia:
Summer employers hired American amid Trump visa squeeze
Politico, Sep 4, 2017, Ted Hesson
President Donald Trump’s harsh criticism of immigration programs and Congress’ refusal to lift a cap on work visas meant many seasonal businesses had to hire American this summer — and pay their workers more.
That's good news for Trump, for U.S. workers, and for supporters of Trump's “American First” agenda, but business groups complain that increased spending on wages will ultimately cost jobs and sap company profits. Across the country, enterprises ranging from oyster shuckers to landscapers say they were forced to give up contracts and forgo revenue because they just couldn’t find enough workers to do the jobs this summer.
"There were a lot of businesses that lost a lot of revenue,” said Laurie Flanagan, co-chair of the H-2B Workforce Coalition, a lobbying group with a membership that includes the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Trump has blasted programs that allow foreign guest workers to take jobs in the U.S. legally. “Widespread abuse in our immigration system is allowing American workers of all backgrounds to be replaced by workers brought in from other countries to fill the same job for sometimes less pay,” he told workers in Wisconsin in April. “This will stop.”
More: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/04/summer-employers-trump-guest-worker-visas-immigration-242271?lo=ap_c1
Right_in_Virginia:
Interesting .... it appears Politico is suddenly against higher wages. :smokin:
jmyrlefuller:
--- Quote ---enterprises ranging from oyster shuckers to landscapers say they were forced to give up contracts and forgo revenue because they just couldn’t find enough workers to do the jobs this summer.
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Maybe it's because you stink at human resources, an all-too-common problem these days. You probably can't find the workers because they can't find you, or because you've purposely set the standards too high for anyone to qualify.
Oceander:
--- Quote from: jmyrlefuller on September 05, 2017, 12:54:19 pm --- Maybe it's because you stink at human resources, an all-too-common problem these days. You probably can't find the workers because they can't find you, or because you've purposely set the standards too high for anyone to qualify.
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/snicker
Yeah. What's an oyster-shucking business on LI going to do, bus in schmucks from upstate on a 8-hour drive (each way) every day?
jmyrlefuller:
--- Quote from: Oceander on September 05, 2017, 01:15:35 pm ---/snicker
Yeah. What's an oyster-shucking business on LI going to do, bus in schmucks from upstate on a 8-hour drive (each way) every day?
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Not long ago I saw a job listing for fruit pickers. You had to relocate to New England, but they paid $12 an hour plus lodging. Then, as it seems like it always is with anything over minimum wage, they demanded: "Minimum one year experience." How can you find new talent if you're explicitly rejecting all new talent?
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