Posts By: Jeff Janas

WG Calls on Trump Administration to Modernize, Not Terminate NAFTA

In response recent public statements made by President Trump and members of his Cabinet indicating that the U.S. may withdraw from NAFTA, Western Growers sent a letter urging the Administration to modernize, not terminate NAFTA. In the letter, WG President and CEO Tom Nassif cites the economic benefits that NAFTA has provided the domestic fresh ...

Projected H-2A Wage Rates for 2018

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has released data that will be used to calculate the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for H-2A workers for 2018. According to the data, it is projected that: Arizona’s AEWR is expected to decrease from $10.95 to $10.62 per hour (-4.47%). California’s AEWR is expected to increase from $12.57 ...

LEGISLATOR PROFILE: Senator JEFF STONE — Represents California 28th District which lies entirely in Riverside County

This January, the California Legislature will begin the second year of its 2017-2018 session. The first session, which adjourned in September, was one of the most colorful and contentious in recent memory. Marked by bitter, often personal, interparty and intraparty attacks, the session’s animosity was spawned by two key factors: a Democrat supermajority in both ...