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SUMMARY:Immigration Reform in Californian Agriculture and the Tech Industry
DESCRIPTION:The workshop aims to discuss the consequences of both labor shortages and immigration policies in Californian agriculture and the tech industry. Particular attention will be paid to the H2A and H1B guest worker programs and their consequences for employers\, employees and the industries more broadly. The workshop seeks to identify policies that benefit all stakeholders. \n  \n[button link=”https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immigration-reform-in-californian-agriculture-and-the-tech-industry-tickets-61894490086?aff=ebdssbdestsearch” size=”medium” color=”#00B0DA”] Register [/button] \n  \nSchedule \n8:45 am – 9:15 am       Registration\, Coffee and Breakfast \n9:15 am – 9:30 am       Welcoming Remarks \nJohanna K. Schenner (Institute for Research on Labor and Employment) \nJasmijn Slootjes (Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative) \n9:30 am – 10:30 am      Panel 1: The Tech Industry – the Employee’s Perspective \nModerator: Andrew Moriarty (FWD.us) \nCommentator: Sameer Desai (Johnson & Johnson) \nSpeakers: Maria Ontiveros (University of San Francisco) \nRobin Savinar (UC Davis) \nTech Worker Coalition \n10:30 am – 10:45 am     Coffee break \n10:45 am – 12:00 pm     Panel 2: The Tech Industry – the Employer’s Perspectives \nModerator: Robin Savinar (UC Davis) \nCommentator: Tech Worker Coalition and Maria Ontiveros (USF0 \nSpeakers: Andrew Moriarty (FWD.us) \nPeter Leroe-Muñoz (Silicon Valley Leadership Group) \nSameer Desai (Johnson & Johnson) \nLila Garlinghouse (Postmates) \n12:00 pm – 1:00 pm      Lunch \n1:00 pm – 1:40 pm        Panel 3: The Agricultural Sector – the Employee’s Perspective \nModerator: Nina Ichikawa (Berkeley Food Institute) \nCommentator: Bryan Little (Californian Farm Bureau Federation) \nSpeakers: William Tamayo (Equal Employment Opportunities Commission) \nIgnacio Rodriguez Ornelas (Latinx Research Center) \n1:45 pm – 2:45 pm    Panel 4: The Agricultural Sector – the Employer’s Perspective \nModerator: Johanna K. Schenner (IRLE) \nSpeakers: David Runsten (Community Alliance with Family Farmers) \nBryan Little (California Farm Bureau Federation) \nChris Valadez (Grower-Shipper Association of Central California) \nJohan Fredrik Rye (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) \n2:45 pm – 3:00 pm      Closing Remarks – Nina Ichikawa (Berkeley Food Institute) \nThis event is supported by the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment\, the Berkeley Food Institute\, the UC Berkeley Department of Sociology\, the UC Berkeley Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program\, the Berkeley School of Information\, the Institute of Governmental Studies\, the Haas School of Business\, the UC Berkeley Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies Program\, the UC Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies\, the UC Berkeley Latinx Research Center and the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative. \n 
URL:https://irle.berkeley.edu/event/immigration-reform-in-californian-agriculture-and-the-tech-industry/
LOCATION:Heyns Room\, The Faculty Club
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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