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Thursday, April 7, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) DHS Releases 35,000 Additional H-2B Visa » Washington, D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an additional 35,000 visas for H-2B workers. There a...
Friday, March 25, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Urge Biden Administration to Release H-2B Visas Now! » Washington, D.C. - On March 15, President Biden signed to law the omnibus Federal appropriations bill that contains l...
Monday, March 7, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Deadline Looms for Getting Additional H-2B Visas » Washington, D.C. - Congress must pass an omnibus appropriations bill for FY 2022 spending, which should’ve been passe...
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) For First Time, DHS to Supplement H-2B Cap with Additional Visas in First Half of Fiscal Year » WASHINGTON —The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) today...
Monday, December 13, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Steep 2022 H-2A Wage Increases Slated for Pennsylvania » Washington, D.C. - Most H-2A visa users are bracing for hefty 2022 wage increases. Though the new wages won’t be official...
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Floriculture, Nursery and Christmas Tree Growers Have until October 12 to Apply for COVID Losses » Washington, D.C. - On August 24, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced...
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) DHS Extends Form I-9 Requirement Flexibility » The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension of the...
Monday, August 23, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Bayer Loses Appeal on Glyphosate » Sacramento - A California state appeals court upheld a 2019 ruling against Monsanto in the case of herbicide Roundup. Mons...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) H2-B Reform Bill Introduced in Congress » WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Dave Joyce (R-OH) William Keating (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Stev...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Homeland Security Approves Additional H-2B Visas » WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Labor (DOL) published notice on May 25 that...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Urge Senators Casey and Toomey to Support H-2A Reform Bill HR 1603 » WASHINGTON, D.C. - On March 18 the Farm Worker Modernization Act, H.R. 1603, passed the House with a bipartisan vote. Thre...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) WARNING: DOT Enforcement Push Coming in Early May » WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, an organization comprised of local, state, and federal motor ve...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) DHS Approves Release of 22,000 Additional H-2B Visas » WASHINGTON, D.C. – On April 20 the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor reached a deal to rele...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) House Passes Farm Worker Modernization Act » WASHINGTON, D.C. - On March 18 the Farm Worker Modernization Act, H.R. 1603, passed the House with a bipartisan vote. Thre...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) H-2B Visa Cap Reached for FY 2021 » Washington, D.C. - On Feb. 12, 2021, the number of applications for H-2B visas reached the statutory cap of 33,000 fo...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Farm Workforce Modernization Act to be Reintroduced in House » Washington, D.C. – Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) announced that it was her intention reintroduce and to bring the Farm Workforce...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) New H-2A Wage Rates Effective Immediately » Washington, D.C. - As they say, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. In that vein, late efforts by the...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Biden Immigration Reform Legislation Unveiled » Washington, D.C. - In mid-February, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) introduced President Biden’s...
Thursday, February 4, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Biden Outlines Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill » Washington, D.C. – Fulfilling his promise to send to Congress on the first day of this administration, President Biden sen...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Congress Passes COVID Relief Package - Finally » WASHINGTON, D.C. - Below are relevant provisions that are included in the recently passed COVID relief package. In all, th...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Congress Passes Appropriations, Avoids Federal Shutdown; Many Provisions Benefit the Green Industry » WASHINGTON, D.C. - ON December 21, 2020, Congress passed and sent to the President appropriations for the 2020-2021 federa...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Beware of PPP and EIDL Loan Fraud! » WASHINGTON, D.C. - Whether you have applied for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) or not, you could be at risk for s...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) DOL Steps Up Nursery and Greenhouse H-2A Enforcement » WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) appears to be stepping up scrutiny of greenhouse and nursery employe...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) DOL Issues New Rules on H-2A Wages » WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday October 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of Agriculture (USDA...
Thursday, September 10, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Opposes Legislation that Would Gut FIFRA » The PLNA board of directors last week voted to support the existing Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FI...
Thursday, March 19, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) New Training Required for Paraquat Applicators » WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken recent actions on the active ingredient paraqu...
Monday, September 9, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Keeping Your Workforce Intact in the Current Immigration Enforcement Climate » WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Trump has made immigration enforcement the centerpiece of his administration. This enforcemen...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Lobbies Congress on Major Green Industry Legislative Issues » WASHINGTON, DC - Last week, over one hundred green industry business owners and staff from state and national associations...
Monday, November 14, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) The 2016 Election » WASHINGTON, D.C. - The national election November 8 was a stunning upset, with Donald Trump (R-NY) coming from behind to b...
Friday, September 2, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Supports Legislative Changes to Overtime Rule » HARRISBURG – PLNA has signed onto a letter in support of Congressman Kurt Schrader’s bill (H.R 5813) to soften the impact...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Lobbies Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation on H-2B Fixes » WASHINGTON, D.C. – PLNA went to Washington this May to lobby Pennsylvania Congressmen and Senators on the need to renew H-...
Friday, October 30, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) Important Progress on H-2B Program » WASHINGTON, D.C. - AmericanHort and PLNA members who use the H-2B program continue to deal with the costs, frustration and...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA, AmericanHort, PLANET push for H-2B Reform Legislation » WASHINGTON – PLNA, AmericanHort and PLANET joined with other seasonal workforce industries to urge legislators in Washingt...
Sunday, August 3, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Meets with Congressman Thompson on Immigration Reform » ERIE – PLNA members met with Congressman Glenn Thompson (R-Centre) in July to urge him to press U.S. House Republican lea...
Monday, July 7, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA, AmericanHort Support Highway Bee Habitat » WASHINGTON, D.C. - With concerns over bee colony collapse mounting, PLNA and our national counterpart AmericanHort have co...
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