Event Title
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act and the Dangerous Expansion of H2A
Description
Presenters: Liz Darrow, & Australia Hernandez Cosby, Community to Community (C2C) Development, Bellingham WA
More than 30,000 farmworkers come to Washington State every year on H2A Agricultural visa contracts. The H2A program provides a pipeline of cheap labor for industry growers and is notorious for abusing workers. Following the death of an H2A worker in Whatcom County in 2017, C2C and other advocacy groups fought hard and won oversight of the H2A system in Washington State. Now, a federal bill called the Farm Workforce Modernization Act threatens to permanently expand the H2A program and reverse important progress that has been made. Darrow and Hernandez Cosby will outline the history of H2A and review what can be done to fight back against this bill.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
29-4-2020 12:00 PM
End Date
29-4-2020 1:20 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Duration
1:22:21
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Program
World Issues Forum
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Agricultural laborers, Foreign--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States; Visas--Government policy--United States
Geographic Coverage
United States
Type
video
Keywords
H2A, Agricultural visas, Farm Workforce Modernization Act
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act and the Dangerous Expansion of H2A
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Presenters: Liz Darrow, & Australia Hernandez Cosby, Community to Community (C2C) Development, Bellingham WA
More than 30,000 farmworkers come to Washington State every year on H2A Agricultural visa contracts. The H2A program provides a pipeline of cheap labor for industry growers and is notorious for abusing workers. Following the death of an H2A worker in Whatcom County in 2017, C2C and other advocacy groups fought hard and won oversight of the H2A system in Washington State. Now, a federal bill called the Farm Workforce Modernization Act threatens to permanently expand the H2A program and reverse important progress that has been made. Darrow and Hernandez Cosby will outline the history of H2A and review what can be done to fight back against this bill.
