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Title: Team Obama Regulates Goat Herders' Workplaces
Source:
Human Events
URL Source: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=45722
Published: Aug 25, 2011
Author: Audrey Hudson
Post Date: 2011-08-25 01:43:08 by Hondo68
Keywords: employee-paid cell phones, 75 new major regulations, federal help for herding goats
Views: 4728
Comments: 8
The Obama administration is setting new workplace regulations to assist foreign workers who fill goat herding positions in the U.S. , including employee-paid cell phones and comfy beds. Poster Comment: Goat herder crack down! Have you hugged your illegal aliens today?
These new special procedures issued by the Labor Department must be followed by employers who want to hire temporary agricultural foreign workers to perform sheep herding or goat herding activities. It describes strict rules for sleeping quarters, lighting, food storage, bathing, laundry, cooking and new rules for the counters where food is prepared.
“A separate sleeping unit shall be provided for each person, except in a family arrangement,” says the rules signed by Jane Oates, assistant secretary for employment and training administration at the Labor Department.
“Such a unit shall include a comfortable bed, cot or bunk, with a clean mattress,” the rules state.
Diane Katz, a research fellow in regulatory policy at The Heritage Foundation, unearthed the policy in the "Federal Register," the massive daily journal of proposed regulations that Washington bureaucrats publish every day.
Under the Obama Administration, the nanny state has imposed 75 new major regulations with annual costs of $38 billion.
“This captures what is wrong with government,” Katz said. “I could not have made this up.”
With unemployment holding steady at 9% and government regulations adding more burden to small businesses, such as those run by ranching families, Katz said, bureaucrats aren’t helping.
“Instead of remedying the problem, the regulations make it that much harder,” Katz insisted. “We may need a whole set of regulations just to define what a comfortable bed is. I imagine it’s not straw."
The new lighting standards say that in areas where it is not feasible to provide electrical service such as tents or mobile trailers, lanterns must be provided. “Kerosene wick lights meet the definition of lantern,” the regulations say.
“When workers or their families are permitted or required to cook in their individual unit, a space shall be provided with adequate lighting and ventilation.”
“Wall surfaces next to all food preparation and cooking areas shall be of nonabsorbent, easy-to-clean material. Wall surfaces next to cooking areas shall be of fire-resistant material,” the regulations say.
“It makes you wonder,” Katz said, “how they ever did this before the government got involved?”
“Who knew we needed all of this federal help for herding goats?” Katz quipped.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
Do you think the new regulations might have come about as a result of past abuse?
the new regulations might have come about as a result of past abuse? LOL! You gotta be kidding! Yeah, it's all hObama's fault for not upholding his oath of office, and deporting them. Write to your congress-critters and demand that they start impeachment proceedings immediately. We could save way more than 38 billion by deporting all of the illegal alien invaders, plus bring unemployment down to the lowest it's been in decades. After that's done, we won't need this idiotic program, so there's an additional 38 billion saved, there. Stick around and you'll learn how to cut government, reduce the deficit, and stimulate the economy without raising taxes.
#4. To: hondo68 (#2)
I do believe that it's conservative Wisconsin Dairymen who support the current conservative hero, Scott Walker, lobbying for immigrant sheep, goat, and cattle herders. “Dairy farms dot the Wisconsin landscape and the dairy industry is unlike other segments of agriculture,” Kohl said. “This bill addresses the unique challenges facing the dairy industry under the current H2-A program by providing access to a year-round workforce. ” “As a Senator from a state that prides itself on its dairy products and a long tradition of family farming, it is unacceptable that dairy farmers are put in a position of choosing between their livelihoods and taking risks with a potential employee’s immigration status,” said Leahy. “I strongly believe that the vast majority of dairy farmers want to hire a lawful workforce, and our policy should support these goals.” “Agricultural operations often require very skilled labor that cannot be found locally. That is exactly why a one size fits all immigration policy for agriculture simply doesn’t work. This change will bring a personalized fit to sheepherders and dairy farmers that is long overdue,” said Enzi. farmworkersforum.wordpres...ll-to-help-dairy-workers/ I guess the folks at Heritage Foundation know you'll be all up in arms about the cost of regulations and immigrant workers to notice the article doesn't tell you who bears the cost, over what period of time, and who wants the cheap labor. They pull your strings and your knee obediently jerks.
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#2. To: lucysmom, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin* (#1)
75 new major regulations with annual costs of $38 billion.
Replies to Comment # 2. Yeah, it's all hObama's fault for not upholding his oath of office, and deporting them. Write to your congress-critters and demand that they start impeachment proceedings immediately.
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