Posts Tagged ‘worker’

Employers eager for new foreign worker program

WASHINGTON (AP) — As desperate as unemployed Americans are to find work, there are still some jobs that many would never consider applying for because they are seen as too dirty, too demanding or just plain unappealing. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Immigration bill envisions new farm worker program

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping immigration legislation taking shape in the Senate will aim to overhaul the nation's agriculture worker program to create a steady supply of labor for farmers and growers, who rely more than any other industry on workers who have come to the country illegally. Tweet This Post

U.S. demand for skilled worker visas seen topping quota soon

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A popular U.S. visa program for skilled workers is likely to hit its quota within days after its application period opens, triggering a lottery and signaling that companies feel confident enough about the economy to hire more foreign workers. The H-1B program will not have reached its base cap of 65,000 [...]

Business, labor get deal on worker program

WASHINGTON (AP) — Big business and labor have struck a deal on a new low-skilled worker program, removing the biggest hurdle to completion of sweeping immigration legislation allowing 11 million illegal immigrants eventual U.S. citizenship, labor and Senate officials said Saturday. Tweet This Post

Business, Labor Reach Deal on Guest Worker Program

WASHINGTON — Business and labor leaders reached an agreement late Friday night on a guest worker program for low-skilled immigrants, a senior Democratic Senate aide tells ABC News, marking a key moment in the immigration debate. The agreement involves the guest worker provision for low-skilled… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Source: Business, labor get deal on worker program

WASHINGTON (AP) — Big business and labor have resolved a dispute over a low-skilled worker program that threatened to hold up agreement on a sweeping immigration bill, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. Tweet This Post