April 5, 2019: Farm Labor 2019: Other Countries, California, and Immigration
April 5, 2019
Kalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom, UC Davis Law School
This conference examines labor-related issues in California and US agriculture. Labor-intensive fruit and vegetable crops are almost 85 percent of California’s and 40 percent of US crop sales, farm worker employment has been increasing, and the state’s mostly unauthorized farm workers are aging and settling in one place with families that include US-born children.
Three timely issues will be discussed. First, how do other countries obtain foreign workers to fill farm jobs? Second, how is California’s farm workforce changing as currently unauthorized farm workers age and the employment of younger H-2A guest workers increases? Third, what are the effects of changing migration policies on agriculture and farm workers, and how do disputes between the federal and state government affect agricultural communities?
We are grateful for the support of the UC Ag Issues Center and the UCD Gifford Center as well as the Giannini and Rosenberg foundations. For further information, email Philip Martin.
Agenda
8:15AM: Check-in and Continental Breakfast
8:45AM: Welcome, Philip Martin, UC Davis and Daniel Sumner, UC Agricultural Issues Center and UC Davis
9:00AM: Farm Labor in Australia, Canada, and Mexico (20 and 10 minutes)
- Chair: Philip Martin, UC Davis
- Canada, Mark Thompson, UBC
- Mexico, Agustin Escobar, CIESAS
- Australia, Stuart Rosewarne and Christine Brickenstein, Uni Sydney
- Discussants: Tim Beatty, Ed Taylor, Philip Martin, UC-Davis
10:30AM: Break
10:45AM: Farm Labor 2019 (20 and 10 minutes)
- Chair: Daniel Sumner, UC Davis
- COA and NASS, Tom Hertz, ERS
- NAWS, Daniel Carroll, DOL
- H-2A, Philip Martin, UC Davis
- Discussants: Francisco Macais, EDD, Ruben Lugo, DOL
12:15PM: Lunch
1:15PM: Immigration and Agriculture (20 minutes)
- Chair: Julie Montgomery, ALRB
- What’s next for immigration? Kevin Johnson, UC Davis
- Immigration and Crime, Giovanni Peri, UC Davis
- Farm Worker Communities, Bianca Dueñas, CRLAF and Cynthia Rice, CLRA
3:00PM: Adjourn