The McDougall & Sons housing camps are made up of manufactured units for 12 people. This camp at Quincy, Washington, has 96 beds. GERALDINE WARNER An increase in the wage rate that employers must pay workers recruited through the H-2A guest-worker program will add well over $1 million to labor costs this year for one company alone. McDougall & Sons, Inc., in Wenatchee, Washington, has recruited Mexican workers through the H-2A program for the past three years and has built housing for them at five locations in central Washington. Last year, the company hired 190 foreign guest-workers, which met about […]
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