The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) today endorsed the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act (SAWA), which makes commonsense reforms to modernize the H-2A visa process.
“Agricultural retailers cannot serve farmers without a dependable workforce. The Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act (SAWA) provides practical, long-overdue reforms that will strengthen the agricultural supply chain, improve access to labor, and help ensure America’s farmers have the products and services they need when they need them,” said Hunter Carpenter, ARA Senior Director of Government Affairs. “ARA strongly supports this legislation and applauds Chairman Thompson for advancing meaningful agricultural labor reform.”
SAWA contains several reforms long supported by ARA, including streamlining the H-2A application process, providing greater flexibility for year-round agricultural employment, improving worker portability, and modernizing wage requirements. These commonsense reforms will help employers access a reliable workforce while maintaining important worker protections.
ARA previously sent a letter of support for this bill to Chairman Thompson, which can be found here.
