BrightView landscapers work on Independence Mall. Brightview has been the largest employer of H2B guest workers in the country for the last several years.
(Courtesy of BrightView)
BrightView landscapers work on Independence Mall. Brightview has been the largest employer of H2B guest workers in the country for the last several years.
(Courtesy of BrightView)
From The Context, PA Post’s weekday email newsletter:
Federal officials expanded a guest worker program by nearly 50 percent, adding 30,000 visas, WHYY’s Laura Benshoff reports. Benshoff took a deep look at the issue, including how it affects BrightView Landscaping, which is based outside Philadelphia and is the country’s single largest user of seasonal, non-agricultural visas.
The expansion has its critics, including the Center for Immigration Studies, which favors less immigration. A research associate for the center said the program is “a raw deal for Americans,” and he argued it “prevents the neediest Americans (ex-convicts, recovering addicts, the homeless, high school dropouts, etc.) from securing meaningful employment that could transform their lives.”
Katie Park of The Philadelphia Inquirer recently looked at another aspect of the immigration debate: How a shortage of workers is affecting mushroom, dairy and other farmers.
The sale of sugary drinks in the Philadelphia region dropped by 38 percent following a new sweetened-beverage tax, researchers found. WHYY’s Nina Feldman has the details.
Children and youth services received multiple reports before the death of a 2-year-old in York last year, the York Daily Record reports. The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services released new information about the death on Tuesday.
“This community showed more empathy and support than we got from Wood-Mode,” one former Wood-Mode worker told The Daily Item. The wood cabinetry maker in Snyder County laid off nearly 1,000 employees on Monday.
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