GFVGA Hosts Educational Meeting On Labor Issues, WALB Features Farmers’ Opinions
January 17, 2012 – 2:06 pm |
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Click here for the video segment of the story. Tifton, GA - Some South Georgia farmers are having a tough time finding local and migrant workers, which some blame on the new immigration law. "It's been a tremendous drop in the amount of workers we have state of Georgia. We've also had a $140 million dollar loss last year because of the loss of workers," said farmer Bill Brim. Under the new law, employers with 500 or more employees will have to use a federal database called E-Verify to check the employment eligibility. That puts farmers like Brim in
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