Farmworker: Diversified - Masco Corporation

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All workers should have at least 3 months experience hand harvesting
fruit on a commercial farm. Applicants
must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent
employers. Must be physically able to meet
and perform all job specifications stated in job order. Workers are
subject to random drug testing at no cost
to the employee. All drug testing will occur after the worker begins his
or her employment and is not a part of
the interview process. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in
immediate termination. Worker's
Compensation Insurance Carrier: Phoenix Insurance Co (PHX) Policy
Number: UB4K071969 Contact
information for person who is to be notified in order to file a claim:
Aaron TeCroney at 716-664-0408
Vineyard: Workers involved in vineyard maintenance may be required to
hoe vines, girdle, spread fertilizer,
pick up roots and limbs, strip suckers or unwanted growth from vines,
dig root suckers, knock or trim fruit off
vines, remove vines, lay irrigation pipe, repair and maintain drip
system, and strap and tie vines. Workers
may be asked to perform varying degrees of canopy management, as well as
harvest, prepare, and plant
vines/stock/cuttings for new plantings. Worker may be asked to place
grape crates into rows or lift protective
netting before hand harvest begins. Worker carefully removes bunches of
grapes from vine with grape
scissors or pruning tool, carefully places the fruit into a crate to
specifications until full and not heaping.
Worker places full crate onto wagon or walks full crates to end of row,
later to be placed on wagon. Cycle
repeats until the end of the shift or until supervisor assigns a
different task. Crate weighs up to 50 lbs. The
duties include hand harvesting without pulling too hard as to damage the
fruit or plants, carrying the fruit to
a central location, hand sorting grapes on sorting table, and any other
duties that are assigned. Workers may
be asked to load and operate crate washing machine. Workers may be asked
to tie nets which were raised to
expose fruit for harvest near top of trellising system. Employer will
provide all equipment. Instruction will be
given for each task and expectations will be communicated to workers.
The expectations for these duties will
change based on crop and weather conditions. Therefore, workers will be
expected to work diligently.
Employer will review workers' productivity at the end of a given pay
period and not on a daily basis. If
workers fail to keep up with the expected diligent work pace, workers
may be offered alternate work, if
available, or, after notice, workers may be terminated for cause.
Free family housing is not available, and it is not a prevailing
practice in the area of intended employment to
provide family housing to temporary or seasonal farmworkers. Housing is
provided at no cost to workers who
are not reasonably able to return the same day to their place of
residence. This paragraph applies to such
workers only. Housing is not provided to non workers. Housing capacity
is strictly regulated by the US
Department of Labor, and no person, other than the eligible employees
authorized by the employer, may
occupy, or remain overnight in employer-provided housing. The housing is
offered as temporary in-season
(during the employment period only) housing provided for migrant
agricultural workers while they are
employed at farms beyond normal commuting distance from their residence.
Workers provided housing by
the employer must vacate the housing upon termination of employment, in
compliance of local/state
tenancy laws. No charge will be made for beds or cooking utensils and
similar items furnished to workers to
whom housing is provided hereunder. All housing is group housing in
which all workers will share kitchen and
common areas without regard to gender. Female workers, however, will be
provided with sleeping facilities
shared only with other family members or with other females. Sex
segregated toilets facilities will be
provided as needed. Workers who reside in such housing agree to be
responsible for maintaining the housing
in a neat and clean manner. Workers will be terminated for willful
damage of the employers housing and
furnishings. Workers residing in employer's housing may have mail
directed to them at the employer's
address on attached addendum. When public accommodations or another
substantially similar class of
habitation which will meet local, state and federal standards for such
housing. Workers will be terminated if
found responsible for damage to employer owned housing. Housing will be
kept clean & remain in
compliance with OSHA farm labor camp standards when occupied. Workers
are responsible for keeping the
housing clean. Employer will ensure that housing is kept in compliance
with OSHA farm labor camp standards
when occupied. Residents are req