By Christy Shaw
What is, and where is, the American Dream for you? A dream of a better, richer, and happier life for all our citizens of every rank.” John Truslow Adams (JStorDaily.com, 2015) Is it Rural? Urban? Suburban? I offer that it doesn’t matter. “Better, richer, and happier” can happen in all three so long as we … Continued
The CHIPS Act was hailed as bringing the vitally important semiconductor industry to the United States.
By Jared Culver
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has a new report examining the free-fall in Department of Labor (DOL) investigations into farmworker abuse, which dropped to a record low of 879. 879 closed cases when hundreds of thousands of H-2A employees are working every year. This continues the trend of “see no evil, hear no evil” of … Continued
Enrique Balcazar, 37, and Elizabeth Balcazar, 21, operators of Balcazar Nature Harvesting, LLC (BNH), were sentenced in Federal court for using the H-2A agricultural visa program to import forced labor. Enrique received 40 months in prison along with fines, and his daughter received time served and fines. BNH was fined approximately $508,000 in restitution to … Continued
By Eric Ruark
The August jobs numbers are out as we look forward to Labor Day. The main takeaway is that unemployment numbers surged “unexpectedly.” It seems the “experts” are constantly surprised about the underperformance of the U.S. economy. A perfect example is that the jobs figures have been revised downward for every month in 2023. Economic predications … Continued
By Jared Culver
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The United States is suffering through a labor shortage. Our nation’s captains of industry simply cannot find Americans with the grit and determination necessary to complete an honest day’s work. Because of this alleged deficiency in the American workforce, our government must open the floodgates and import … Continued
By Jared Culver
After The New York Times documented extensive child labor trafficking and exposed that Biden Administration officials both knew about it and tried to cover it up, the Department of Labor (DOL) started a task force to clean up the mess they made. The DOL has now released an update on their work one day after … Continued
Harmanpreet Singh, 30, and Kulbir Kaur, 42, were indicted for conspiracy to commit forced labor, forced labor, alien harboring for financial gain, and document servitude. The acts were in connection with their gas station and convenience store where, from March 2018 to May 2021, they allegedly forced Singh’s cousin to work. The indictment has all … Continued
Mauritson Farms, a winery, settled with the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) and 21 alien farmworkers for retaliation. The aliens had the audacity to complain to their boss about unfair wages and unsafe working conditions. After working for three years at the winery, the aliens met with Cameron Mauritson, manager at the winery, and … Continued
