Black Farm Workers Sue Farm Company For Replacing Them With Foreign Workers

[Colin norris]

Fuck 'em and feed 'em fish heads. I bet every one of those displaced workers voted for Obama, Hillary, and Biden.

If they want consolation, they should go ask IM2

How is that attached to foreign workers?
You're a bit paranoid about lefties son.
Settle down. You'll blow a gasket.

 

[Doc7505]

Yeah....and that makes it okay.
Jesus....*Face Palm*

You mean this one when Gaige Grosskreutz testified that he pointed his pistol at Rittenhouse before being shot?

 

[Yarddog]

Here's an ironic story. Black farm workers in Mississippi are suing Pitts Farms for replacing them with foreign workers here in the US on H-2A work visas.

Now wait just a damned minute......don't they want to get away from toiling in the fields? My wife was born in Alabama during the Great Depression. Her family worked in the fields from Sun up to Sun down every day...unless it started raining....then they couldn't work. That was the only time they were allowed to go to school. She got married when she was in her early teens to get away from that kind of life.

Now it appears that some blacks are upset that all of these foreigners are coming into the United States and taking their jobs.

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"In interviews with the New York Times, black Americans said they had spent most of their lives earning a living as farm workers at Pitts Farms. The work is part of a long history wherein black Americans along the Mississippi Delta have spent grueling hours on farms doing intense physical labor.​

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One of the black Americans suing Pitts Farms, 50-year-old Richard Strong, told the Times that he has worked on farms for more than 25 years. His father and grandfather did so as well, as well as his enslaved ancestors.​

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Strong said about 10 years ago is when he noticed farms along the Mississippi Delta began importing foreign visa workers, almost entirely from South Africa. When the first groups arrived, Strong said he helped train them. Now, more than 100 U.S. farms along the Delta employ foreign visa workers from South Africa over Americans.​

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An expert on the H-2A visa program told the Times that “virtually all new workers entering the agriculture workforce these days are H-2A workers.” A recruiter for the H-2A visa program called the imported South Africans are “the preferred group” over Americans."​

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For many years, [Pitts Farms] employed a majority Black workforce. As of 2014, however, this number has steadily dwindled, as [Pitts Farms] began applying for and hiring white South Africans for the same work. And since 2014, PFP has used the H-2A program to hire only white South Africans – no black South Africans – although that country too is majority black by a wide margin: estimates stand at around 80% Black compared to less than 8% white. [Emphasis added]​

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"By 2020, Strong said he was fired by Pitt Farms, as were the other American workers, including his brother Gregory, who had also spent most of his life working at the farm.​

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“I never did imagine that it would come to the point where they would be hiring foreigners, instead of people like me,” Strong told the Times. “… It’s like being robbed of your heritage.”​

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“I gave them half my life and ended up with nothing,” Gregory said.​

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The lawsuit states that while Strong and his American counterparts were paid the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and $8.25 an hour on weekends, the foreign visa workers were given nearly $12 an hour.​

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As the lawsuit gains traction, President Joe Biden’s administration has expanded the H-2A visa program. This week, for example, Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that U.S. farms will be allowed to import foreign visa workers from six additional countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mauritius, and Saint Lucia.​

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DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas justified the expansion as a way for U.S. farms to import more foreign visa workers when Americans “are not available” to do the work.​

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The H-2A visa program, much like the H-2B visa program for non-agricultural work, has been proven to undercut working class Americans who rely on manual labor jobs but who are forced to compete against a growing number of cheaper, foreign workers."​

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Black Americans Sue U.S. Farms for Replacing Them with Foreigners

Farmworkers are suing their former employer after they were replaced by imported, foreign workers on the H-2A visa program.

www.breitbart.com

They didnt get the memo that diversity makes us all stronger. They need to step aside for diversity... hell Americans dont really want to do those jobs. They can just learn to code.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Here's an ironic story. Black farm workers in Mississippi are suing Pitts Farms for replacing them with foreign workers here in the US on H-2A work visas.

Now wait just a damned minute......don't they want to get away from toiling in the fields? My wife was born in Alabama during the Great Depression. Her family worked in the fields from Sun up to Sun down every day...unless it started raining....then they couldn't work. That was the only time they were allowed to go to school. She got married when she was in her early teens to get away from that kind of life.

Now it appears that some blacks are upset that all of these foreigners are coming into the United States and taking their jobs.

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"In interviews with the New York Times, black Americans said they had spent most of their lives earning a living as farm workers at Pitts Farms. The work is part of a long history wherein black Americans along the Mississippi Delta have spent grueling hours on farms doing intense physical labor.​

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One of the black Americans suing Pitts Farms, 50-year-old Richard Strong, told the Times that he has worked on farms for more than 25 years. His father and grandfather did so as well, as well as his enslaved ancestors.​

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Strong said about 10 years ago is when he noticed farms along the Mississippi Delta began importing foreign visa workers, almost entirely from South Africa. When the first groups arrived, Strong said he helped train them. Now, more than 100 U.S. farms along the Delta employ foreign visa workers from South Africa over Americans.​

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An expert on the H-2A visa program told the Times that “virtually all new workers entering the agriculture workforce these days are H-2A workers.” A recruiter for the H-2A visa program called the imported South Africans are “the preferred group” over Americans."​

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For many years, [Pitts Farms] employed a majority Black workforce. As of 2014, however, this number has steadily dwindled, as [Pitts Farms] began applying for and hiring white South Africans for the same work. And since 2014, PFP has used the H-2A program to hire only white South Africans – no black South Africans – although that country too is majority black by a wide margin: estimates stand at around 80% Black compared to less than 8% white. [Emphasis added]​

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"By 2020, Strong said he was fired by Pitt Farms, as were the other American workers, including his brother Gregory, who had also spent most of his life working at the farm.​

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“I never did imagine that it would come to the point where they would be hiring foreigners, instead of people like me,” Strong told the Times. “… It’s like being robbed of your heritage.”​

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“I gave them half my life and ended up with nothing,” Gregory said.​

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The lawsuit states that while Strong and his American counterparts were paid the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and $8.25 an hour on weekends, the foreign visa workers were given nearly $12 an hour.​

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As the lawsuit gains traction, President Joe Biden’s administration has expanded the H-2A visa program. This week, for example, Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that U.S. farms will be allowed to import foreign visa workers from six additional countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mauritius, and Saint Lucia.​

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DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas justified the expansion as a way for U.S. farms to import more foreign visa workers when Americans “are not available” to do the work.​

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The H-2A visa program, much like the H-2B visa program for non-agricultural work, has been proven to undercut working class Americans who rely on manual labor jobs but who are forced to compete against a growing number of cheaper, foreign workers."​

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Black Americans Sue U.S. Farms for Replacing Them with Foreigners

Farmworkers are suing their former employer after they were replaced by imported, foreign workers on the H-2A visa program.

www.breitbart.com

BUUUUT but but but
but but but
but but but
but but but

No Americans want those jobs.....


Anyone who says that needs to be executed.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

That was a 2010 SCOTUS decision--you know who the POTUS was then don't you? Here's a hint--it wasn't Trump.

I know that very well, magaturd. Did you have a point here?

 

[Concerned American]

I know that very well, magaturd. Did you have a point here?

Your typical ignorant liberal reply shows clearly you wouldn't grasp it if I told you. Moron.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Your typical ignorant liberal reply shows clearly you wouldn't grasp it if I told you. Moron.

Try me.

 

[Concerned American]

I know that very well, magaturd. Did you have a point here?

Your typical ignorant liberal reply shows clearly you wouldn't grasp it if I told you. Moron.

Try me.

I did, and as usual you failed miserably. Run along, I don't have time for your out of control arguments. Trump lives in your head and you can't evict him.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Super hard to do so tho, unfortunately, in current society. The SC Citizens United verdict basically says we got to treat these greedy, trifling multimega corporations like individual people.

Trump allowed the business class way more leverage than it should have ever had. What I said in the last paragraph is now the law. You can look it up yourself, or I can give you a link if you need.

Sure, I'd appreciate a link.

Lawsuits are oftentimes a crap shoot, depending upon several factors usually starting with 1) do you have the financial mean to not only finance the litigation, but all of the appeals, depositions, and other proceedings all the way up to the SCOTUS, if necessary and if they'll hear your case IF you make it that far or 2) an attorney or law firm who has the financial means to finance the case on a contingency basis all the way to the end. The next thing is 3) it doesn't matter much what happened, it's what you can prove and unfortunately not everything that is unfair or messed up that people do to others is a violation of the law.

A friend of mine who is an attorney advised me long ago that any time you can get Uncle Sam to conduct an investigation on your behalf, it is more often than not beneficial to do so because 1) it's doesn't cost you anything and 2) whatever evidence is turned up during the investigation can be used for your pending legal actions. However putting this aside, this particular program, the TAA is overseen by the federal government, U.S. Department of Labor if I recall correctly although it is administered at the state level through the office that handles unemployment and training benefits.

The government agency conducts an investigation to see if the reason for the layoffs, loss of jobs, etc. are due to foreign trade/competition. A person or group of people at the company have to initiate a inquiry with the agency but once they do, an investigation will be conducted and if the company is found to have replaced their American workers with foreign personnel, then they can keep them, but they're going to have to pay for the workers they displaced. THIS is pretty cut & dry but of course there are always a few exceptions.

It certainly wouldn't cost anyone anything other than their time to find out if they're eligible if they suspect their former employer violated this law.

 

[pknopp]

Well you had a chance to fix it in 2020, but you blew it.

Now go punch yourself.

I voted to fix things in 2020. Unfortunately most people did not.

 

[pknopp]

That may be true but you can make them pay for violating the law.

But we won't.

 

[pknopp]

Yeah....I read it.
The graph is from the BLS.....and is a recommendation by the federal government.
Not every farm worker gets the same wage.

It has nothing to do with "recommendations" but we have already covered the comprehension issue here.

 

[sparky]

The H-2A visa program, much like the H-2B visa program for non-agricultural work, has been proven to undercut working class Americans who rely on manual labor jobs but who are forced to compete against a growing number of cheaper, foreign workers."

Methinks here, the 'pen' might be mightier than the 'wall'

~S~

 

[Mac-7]

Here's an ironic story. Black farm workers in Mississippi are suing Pitts Farms for replacing them with foreign workers here in the US on H-2A work visas.

Now wait just a damned minute......don't they want to get away from toiling in the fields? My wife was born in Alabama during the Great Depression. Her family worked in the fields from Sun up to Sun down every day...unless it started raining....then they couldn't work. That was the only time they were allowed to go to school. She got married when she was in her early teens to get away from that kind of life.

Now it appears that some blacks are upset that all of these foreigners are coming into the United States and taking their jobs.

View attachment 563392

"In interviews with the New York Times, black Americans said they had spent most of their lives earning a living as farm workers at Pitts Farms. The work is part of a long history wherein black Americans along the Mississippi Delta have spent grueling hours on farms doing intense physical labor.​

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​

One of the black Americans suing Pitts Farms, 50-year-old Richard Strong, told the Times that he has worked on farms for more than 25 years. His father and grandfather did so as well, as well as his enslaved ancestors.​

​

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Strong said about 10 years ago is when he noticed farms along the Mississippi Delta began importing foreign visa workers, almost entirely from South Africa. When the first groups arrived, Strong said he helped train them. Now, more than 100 U.S. farms along the Delta employ foreign visa workers from South Africa over Americans.​

​

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An expert on the H-2A visa program told the Times that “virtually all new workers entering the agriculture workforce these days are H-2A workers.” A recruiter for the H-2A visa program called the imported South Africans are “the preferred group” over Americans."​

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For many years, [Pitts Farms] employed a majority Black workforce. As of 2014, however, this number has steadily dwindled, as [Pitts Farms] began applying for and hiring white South Africans for the same work. And since 2014, PFP has used the H-2A program to hire only white South Africans – no black South Africans – although that country too is majority black by a wide margin: estimates stand at around 80% Black compared to less than 8% white. [Emphasis added]​

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"By 2020, Strong said he was fired by Pitt Farms, as were the other American workers, including his brother Gregory, who had also spent most of his life working at the farm.​

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“I never did imagine that it would come to the point where they would be hiring foreigners, instead of people like me,” Strong told the Times. “… It’s like being robbed of your heritage.”​

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“I gave them half my life and ended up with nothing,” Gregory said.​

​

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The lawsuit states that while Strong and his American counterparts were paid the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and $8.25 an hour on weekends, the foreign visa workers were given nearly $12 an hour.​

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As the lawsuit gains traction, President Joe Biden’s administration has expanded the H-2A visa program. This week, for example, Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that U.S. farms will be allowed to import foreign visa workers from six additional countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mauritius, and Saint Lucia.​

​

​

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas justified the expansion as a way for U.S. farms to import more foreign visa workers when Americans “are not available” to do the work.​

​

​

The H-2A visa program, much like the H-2B visa program for non-agricultural work, has been proven to undercut working class Americans who rely on manual labor jobs but who are forced to compete against a growing number of cheaper, foreign workers."​

​

Black Americans Sue U.S. Farms for Replacing Them with Foreigners

Farmworkers are suing their former employer after they were replaced by imported, foreign workers on the H-2A visa program.

www.breitbart.com

I’m “fer” the American workers

The H-2a visa program is 99% a scam

 

[surada]

They didnt get the memo that diversity makes us all stronger. They need to step aside for diversity... hell Americans dont really want to do those jobs. They can just learn to code.

An H-2A visa allows a foreign national worker into the United States for temporary agricultural work. There are several requirements of the employer in regard to this visa.

H2A Visa for Temporary Agricultural Workers in the U.S

visaguide.world

 

[surada]

I’m “fer” the American workers

The H-2a visa program is 99% a scam

You're ignorant.

Foreign agricultural workers can qualify for an H-2A visa if they meet the following requirements:

They received a temporary job offer for the agricultural sector from a United States employer.
They demonstrate their intention to return to their country of origin before their visa expires.
They are citizens of any of the countries legally authorized to offer agricultural labor. Review the following list here.
▷ H-2A visa - Temporary agricultural workers - 2021 info | Lluis Law
www.lluislaw.com/h-2a-visa/

 

[LeftofLeft]

Once again, American Blacks get fucked over by Democrats.

 

[JGalt]

Once again, American Blacks get fucked over by Democrats.

But it's a good thing. If black folks hadn't been fucked over by Democrats for hundreds of years, we wouldn't have all those those awesome blues songs and angry hip-hop videos on Youtube.

I'm more a "glass is half-full" kinda guy.

 

[mudwhistle]

It has nothing to do with "recommendations" but we have already covered the comprehension issue here.

Well....the comprehension issue that I see is you looked at the graph but didn't absorb any of the article.
That graph that came with the article simply pointed out federal recommendations for private farms. It's not a mandate.
Course that could all change if the federal government goes socialist and takes over the farming industry.

 

[pknopp]

Well....the comprehension issue that I see is you looked at the graph but didn't absorb any of the article.
That graph that came with the article simply pointed out federal recommendations for private farms.

No it doesn't,