Maintain the 60-hour Work Week!
The future of New York State’s agriculture hangs in the balance. Last year, farmers and farmworkers compromised on a 60-hour overtime threshold to maintain employee needs, especially when working with farm animals and perishable crops. With a final decision pending this year, we cannot sustain any reduction to the work week. Farmers and farmworkers are united. Let’s keep it the way it is. We have adapted and adjusted to this new normal, but further disruption will negatively impact farmers and farmworkers and could change the face of NY agriculture forever. Help us maintain the current overtime threshold and save New York’s food supply, farmworker jobs and our rural economy!
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Farmers like Ben Simons will head to the voting booth on #ElectionDay with rising costs, supply chain issues, and the farm labor OT issue on their minds.
Watch this @mkrullTV story to learn more: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2022/11/07/high-fuel-costs--supply-chain-issues-leading-farmers-to-polls #StayAt60
"For a farmer, the days are long, the nights are short. The odds are variable and the margins are small indeed."
This story from Hudson Valley One amplifies the challenges and concerns of farmers in the Hudson Valley: https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2022/11/01/new-york-state-producers-tout-the-values-of-the-local/ #StayAt60
County officials across NY have recently passed resolutions in opposition to the Farm Laborers Wage Board and the reduction of the current OT threshold. We greatly appreciate this outpouring of support! #StayAt60 https://grownyfarms.com/2022/10/28/nys-counties-pass-resolutions-in-favor-of-maintaining-the-farm-overtime-threshold-at-60-hours-and-eliminating-the-farm-laborers-wage-board/