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EN590 Commodities GroupShipping / Logistics 2026-08-30T01:03:00+00:00
Fresh fruit is one of the most constant features of an American grocery store. Apples, pears, and cherries may remain on shelves long after harvest season ends, but the workforce behind them often follows a far less stable calendar. Agriculture depends heavily on workers hired to pick, pack, and move crops. But they are released once that work is done. For consumers, the product can feel permanent, but for the farmworkers, the job often is not. That tension is playing out again in Washington, one of the country's most important fruit-growing regions. Borton & Sons, a Washington fruit grower and packer, plans to lay off 928 farmworkers in November as this year's harvest winds down, according to aWorker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)reviewed by TheStreet. The affected employee
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