Ramon Torres, President of Familias Unidas por la Justicia and Rosalinda Guillen, C2C both testified
Support House Bill- 1398 and Senate Bill –5438
You can take action on these bills by clicking on the links above, and then click on “Comment on this Bill.” The comment link will take you to a page that requests your address and email information, a button where you can indicate support, oppose or neutral. You need to make a comment but it can be short – “please support the bill.”
Concerning the H-2A temporary agricultural program
Please contact and thank the prime sponsors:
Senator John McCoy – (360) 786 – 7674 John.Mccoy@leg.wa.gov
Representative Laurie Dolan – Laurie.Dolan@leg.wa.gov
This bill will begin to provide WA State funds from the AG industry and Employment Security Dept. for oversight and monitoring of the h2a program in our State –
Call the following and tell them take responsible action to protect farm workers from exploitation and ask them to send this bill to the Governor:
House Democrats
Speaker: Frank.Chopp@leg.wa.gov
Majority Leader: Pat.Sullivan@leg.wa.gov
Chair of Appropriations: Timm.Ormsby@leg.wa.gov
Chair of Labor & Workplace Standards: Mike.Sells@leg.wa.gov
Senate Democrats
Majority Leader: Andy.Billig@leg.wa.gov
Chair of Ways and Means: Christine.Rolfes@leg.wa.gov
Chair of Labor and Commerce: Karen.Keiser@leg.wa.gov
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 9 AM – 3 PM