Ensuring that workers are adequately housed is a priority at Orchard View Farms, a major cherry producer in The Dalles, Oregon. Vice President Ken Bailey said the company considers its employees as family, and, in fact, some are related through marriage or descent. It has some workers whose grandparents worked there almost 50 years ago. For the past 15 years, Orchard View Farms has been offering cash bonuses to full-time employees to use as part of the down payment on a house. Bailey said the company has paid bonuses ranging from about $2,000 to as much as $5,000 if both […]