Aubertine Stands Up For North Country Farmers
Senator Darrel J. Aubertine, Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, comments on the pending “Farm Worker Fair Labor Practices” bill. Agriculture in New York State directly impacts the daily lives of all New Yorkers, upstate and downstate, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs and contributing billions to our state economy. As we work toward economic recovery, the New York State Legislature has an obligation to protect farmers and every job associated with agriculture. Yet, even with more than 1500 dairy farms expected to close in the next year because low milk prices do not begin to cover the current cost of production, certain lawmakers, lobbyists and media outlets continue to push for misguided and irresponsible legislation that will put thousands more family farmers out of business and tangle countless others in costly and unnecessary bureaucracy. Despite its name, the Farm Workers Fair Labor Practices Act harms farmer and farm worker alike. To afford new requirements for overtime, benefits that do not apply to most farm workers, and new reporting requirements, farmers will scale back, change their business model to hire more workers at lower pay rates with fewer benefits, or just go out of business. The unique nature of farming and the diversity of farm operations make these one-size-fits-all provisions unworkable. Currently, every four jobs on a dairy farm support five more in the community. Unfortunately, the price paid to farmers for their milk is set by the …
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