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Strawberry Industry Labor Survey: A Comparison of H2A Guest Worker and Domestic Migrant Worker

This survey compares the demographics, wages, working experience, migration patterns, job satisfaction, and future labor supply of H2A guest workers and domestic migrant workers in the Florida strawberry industry. The findings aim to inform labor management and hiring decisions and support industry collaboration with the legislature.

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Strawberry Industry Labor Survey: A Comparison of H2A Guest Worker and Domestic Migrant Worker

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  1. Strawberry Industry Labor Survey A Comparison of H2A Guest Worker and Domestic Migrant Worker Zhengfei Guan University of Florida Gulf Coast Research and Education Center 4/19/2017

  2. Strawberry Labor Survey • Florida Strawberry Worker Survey in Spring 2016 • Interviewed 592 workers • Collected information on • Demographics • Wages and working experience • Migration pattern • Job Satisfaction and perception • Future labor supply • To inform labor management and hiring decision • To help industry work with legislature

  3. Demographics Table 1. Place of Birth

  4. Demographics Table 2. Gender and Age

  5. Demographics Table 3. Number of minors of farmworkers

  6. Demographics Table 4. Language and Education

  7. Working Experience and Job Perception Table 5. Experience and job perception

  8. Wages and Payments Table 6. Wages

  9. Wages and Payments Table 7. Wage rate

  10. Employment and Type Table 8. Employment

  11. Migration Pattern Table 9. Crops worked on BEFORE this season

  12. Migration Pattern Table 10. Where before this season Note: * We didn’t include all states here. States with more than ten farmworkers were included in the Table. ** Other countries

  13. Migration Pattern Table 11. Will likely work on AFTER this season

  14. Job Experience Table 12. How did you get this job?

  15. Job Satisfaction Table 13. Satisfied with current wage? Willing to stay with current employer

  16. Job Satisfaction Table 14. Reasons to stay with the current employer

  17. Job Satisfaction Table 14a. Reasons not to stay with the current employer

  18. Career Plan Table 15. Stay in farm work for future employment? How long?

  19. Factors Influencing Labor Supply Male farmworkers are more likely to stay longer Farmworkers with more years in farm work or experienced farmworkers more likely to stay longer H-2A program farmworkers stay longer

  20. Non-farm job prospect Table 15a. Able to get a U.S. non-farm job within a month?

  21. Permanently Leave U.S.? Table 16. Permanently return to home country within 5 years?  domestic (migrant) labor pool dwindling

  22. After getting permanent legal status Table 17. Staying in farm work after getting permanent legal status? Expected wage?

  23. Benefit received Table 18. Number of farmworkers receiving government benefits Note: * Temporary Cash Assistance, ** Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, *** Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

  24. H2A Experience & Reservation Wage Table 19. H-2A experience and minimum wage

  25. Coming Back Again as H2A? Table 21. Employment plan

  26. Acknowledgement Florida Strawberry Grower Association Participating Growers Alicia Whidden, Hugh Smith Maria Medina Caceres Jaime-Marcelo Calle Jose Hernandez …. GCREC Economics Team, specially Feng Wu Berdikul Qushim

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