Session #96 · 1979–81

Speech #960280143

As some of my colleagues may remember. the "dayhaul" operation. whether intrastate or interstate. has been implicated in many of the abuses for which the FLCRA was enacted. These operations must be covered. The proposed "migrant worker" language agreed to in the joint employerworker negotiation session and contained in my bill preserves continued coverage of this operation. but would exempt the type of seasonal -inplant local employees that stationary employers are concerned about. In the interest of fostering a compromise between the two bills and laying to rest any suggestion that S. 2789 represents only one extreme on a broad spectrum of concern about this law. the language I propose meets the legitimate concerns of employers who wish to hire local housewives and college students for seasonal inplant agricultural employment. It simply says. and we will have to put this into the appropriate section of the act. that any person who is not required to be away from his permanent residence overnight. who is not transported or housed as an incident of his employment and who is recruited or hired for temporary or other seasonal employment solely within a gin. cannery. packing shed or food processing plant shall not be considered a "migrant" worker under the act. In conclusion. Mr. President. I would like to briefly summarize how my bill fully meets the legtimate concerns of employers without exposing migrant and seasonal workers to the abuses for which FLCRA was enacted. I think this measure deserves the support of the Senate. and I think that I and the committee have shown considerable interest in accommodating the concerns of the Senators on the other side of this issue. I would hope that we could achieve some mutual understanding about our differing interests and resolve to compromise where we can.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JACOB JAVITS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
960280143
Paragraph
#10
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