{"id":6222,"date":"2013-05-09T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-introduces-bill-to-protect-forest-jobs\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:34","slug":"merkley-introduces-bill-to-protect-forest-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-introduces-bill-to-protect-forest-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley presenta proyecto de ley para proteger los empleos forestales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington <\/strong>\u2013 Hoy, el Senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley present\u00f3 la Ley de Empleos Estadounidenses en los Bosques Estadounidenses para endurecer las restricciones a un programa de visas que se utiliz\u00f3 para contratar trabajadores extranjeros a expensas de los trabajadores forestales de Oreg\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>En 2011, el Inspector General del Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU. public\u00f3 una auditor\u00eda que documentaba c\u00f3mo se utilizaron millones de d\u00f3lares en fondos de la Ley de Recuperaci\u00f3n y Reinversi\u00f3n de los Estados Unidos para emplear a trabajadores extranjeros en proyectos de reducci\u00f3n de bosques destinados a trabajadores madereros desempleados de Oreg\u00f3n. Esto fue posible gracias al abuso del programa de visas H-2B, que se cre\u00f3 para traer trabajadores extranjeros temporales en los casos en que los empleadores no pueden encontrar trabajadores estadounidenses dispuestos y capaces de hacer el trabajo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCada 15 de abril, los estadounidenses env\u00edan el dinero de los impuestos que tanto les cost\u00f3 ganar a Washington, con la esperanza de que se destine a inversiones cruciales en educaci\u00f3n, infraestructura y empleos. Lo \u00faltimo que quieren escuchar es que su dinero se ir\u00e1 a empresas que contratan trabajadores extranjeros cuando hay miles de habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n dispuestos y capaces de hacer el trabajo\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cNecesitamos m\u00e1s raleo en nuestros bosques cubiertos de maleza y obstruidos, y necesitamos empleos estadounidenses en los bosques. Este proyecto de ley tiene sentido para Oreg\u00f3n y luchar\u00e9 para agregar estas reformas al proyecto de ley de reforma migratoria integral que debatiremos en las pr\u00f3ximas semanas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El programa de visa H-2B permite a los empleadores contratar temporalmente a trabajadores extranjeros si pueden establecer que ning\u00fan estadounidense est\u00e1 calificado o disponible para el trabajo. En el caso de los contratistas involucrados con los fondos de est\u00edmulo de 2009, no se hizo ning\u00fan esfuerzo significativo para contratar a habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Merkley solicit\u00f3 previamente al Departamento de Trabajo, la Oficina de Administraci\u00f3n y Presupuesto y el Servicio Forestal de EE. UU. que hicieran cambios en la forma en que se administra el programa y c\u00f3mo el Servicio Forestal supervisa a los contratistas que realizan trabajos en los bosques federales.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>La Ley de Empleos Estadounidenses en los Bosques Estadounidenses har\u00eda tres cambios clave en el programa de visas H-2B del DOL para trabajadores forestales:<\/p>\n<p>1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Reclutamiento mejorado<\/strong>: Los empleadores, antes de presentar una petici\u00f3n para contratar trabajadores H-2B, tendr\u00edan que realizar un reclutamiento s\u00f3lido de trabajadores estadounidenses, incluida la publicidad en ferias de trabajo, con agencias de mano de obra locales y estatales y organizaciones sin fines de lucro (y otras entidades apropiadas), publicidad en la radio local y Sitios de b\u00fasqueda de empleo en Internet y otras estrategias de contrataci\u00f3n que la agencia estatal de fuerza laboral considere apropiadas. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Agencias Estatales de Empleo<\/strong>: Antes de que el Secretario del Trabajo pueda otorgar una certificaci\u00f3n laboral temporal a un empleador para contratar trabajadores H-2B, el Director de la agencia laboral estatal debe certificar que el empleador ha cumplido con todos los requisitos de contrataci\u00f3n y debe determinar formalmente que los nacionales del Estados Unidos no est\u00e1n calificados o disponibles para ocupar las oportunidades de empleo que ofrece el posible empleador H-2B.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Itinerarios que cubren varios estados:<\/strong> Si un empleador busca obtener la certificaci\u00f3n para un itinerario de trabajo que cubre varios estados y si el trabajo fuera del estado primario dura 7 d\u00edas o m\u00e1s, el empleador deber\u00e1 presentar una solicitud por separado para el trabajo planificado en el otro estado o estados.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan el Departamento de Empleo de Oregon, la base de datos de buscadores de empleo de Oregon incluye 3492 trabajadores forestales y de conservaci\u00f3n y 1489 t\u00e9cnicos forestales y de conservaci\u00f3n que buscan trabajo activamente.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington &#8211; Today, Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley introduced The American Jobs in American Forests Act to tighten restrictions on a visa program that was used to hire foreign workers at the expense of Oregon forest workers. 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