Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed the Farm Workers Bill,

[Acer-m14]

which establishes the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act to protect farm worker rights and ensure equitable housing and working conditions. The bill grants farm workers overtime pay, a day of rest each week, disability and Paid Family Leave coverage, unemployment benefits and other labor protections. The bill will take effect on January 1, 2020.


Governor Cuomo Signs Farm Workers Bill


will the price of milk go up now ??

will the farmers just milk the cows and dump it on the ground ?? ( i think they did that in the past )

 

[E the massive]

Will they have to check for US Citizenshiip/green card now?

 

[Twogunwilly]

Stupid monkey faced scumbag

 

[MothMan]

Will they have to check for US Citizenshiip/green card now?

Now that’s funny!!

 

[Saltwater60]

This will seriously impact the farmers. These people that work on farms come here to work and work a lot. They don’t want or care about a day off. They want money to send back home. Farmers already pay their visas, transportation, and the county health department permits and inspection fees. They have to provide housing and it’s inspected annually.
The farmers treat these people well and want the same ones to come back year after year. The farmers do t want to constantly retrain and the farm workers want to come back.
This will seriously hurt farmers in nys and I’ll be surprised if many survive. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The small ones will be fine and the large ones will be fine. All the medium sized farms are done.

 

[Jmac00]

, disability and Paid Family Leave coverage, unemployment benefits and other labor protections. The bill will take effect on January 1, 2020.

so, farm workers can now collect unemployment benefits between seasons?? the obvious issue now, is the cost of food just went up exponentially

I wonder how long it's going to be before the state is bankrupt??

 

[phatfarmerbob]

Price of food isn’t going anywhere, nys farms are going to go out of business and the “local” food is gonna come from PA. 99.9 percent of nys residents won’t notice or care and we creep a little closer to the fulfillment of agenda 21. Good job NYS! And a giant FUAC

 

[Twogunwilly]

The small ones will be fine and the large ones will be fine. All the medium sized farms are done.

Small ones around here have been done long ago, pushed out by the milk company. All the big ones house & hire illegals that speak no or very little english, my small towns population is anywhere from 10-20% illegals, guaranteed.

 

[SomeSoldier]

More Bullshit. Price of everything going up. Seasonal works now get unemployment for the rest of the year. Also farmers get taxed more and the illegals still wont pay their taxes and will take advantage of the free stuff.

 

[VietnamEraVet]

so, farm workers can now collect unemployment benefits between seasons?? the obvious issue now, is the cost of food just went up exponentially

I wonder how long it's going to be before the state is bankrupt??

Unemployment money given to laid off employees comes from the employer, not the employee. When your employees collect, the state raises the amount the employer has to put into the state "fund". So, do it enough, and the cost to the employer will get so damn high that eventually the employer will just say fuck it, close up the business, and walk away.

One other thing: the small business owner has to also contribute to the fund to cover himself, yet the owner is not eligible to collect unemployment benefits. How unfair is that?

NY is so screwed! Ugh!

 

[Saltwater60]

Small ones around here have been done long ago, pushed out by the milk company. All the big ones house & hire illegals that speak no or very little english, my small towns population is anywhere from 10-20% illegals, guaranteed.

By small I mean small part timers that have no employees. That is how they will beat this.

 

[Modean]

A bill written and passed by people who have never set foot on a farm except to have a photo op.

 

[redtail]

This will seriously impact the farmers. These people that work on farms come here to work and work a lot. They don’t want or care about a day off. They want money to send back home. Farmers already pay their visas, transportation, and the county health department permits and inspection fees. They have to provide housing and it’s inspected annually.
The farmers treat these people well and want the same ones to come back year after year. The farmers do t want to constantly retrain and the farm workers want to come back.
This will seriously hurt farmers in nys and I’ll be surprised if many survive. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The small ones will be fine and the large ones will be fine. All the medium sized farms are done.

I live in a large farming town , almost every farmer has stopped importing seasonal help over the last ten yrs.

What used to be done by hundreds of visa Jamaicans is now done by illegal immigrants from Central America.
No visa or travel expenses involved.

 

[Acer-m14]

on a side note of this .. if any farm shuts down and sells out .. there could go someones or some many hunting spot

 

[99cummins]

. The small ones will be fine and the large ones will be fine. All the medium sized farms are done.

This^^^. The small, niche, direct to consumer, diversified farms and the mega farms will survive. I worry for the ones in the middle. Too small to be big, too big to be small.