Agricultural jobs in US for Barbadians

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) – Barbadians who are interested in securing work in the agriculture industry in the United States of America are a step closer to achieving that goal.

This disclosure has come from Minister of Labour, Dr Esther Byer Suckoo, who met on Wednesday with executive director of Florida East Coast Travel Services, Joseph Hobbs, and his colleague Perry Wells, who were in Barbados on a two-day recruitment drive for prospective workers of the H2A (Agriculture) Programme.

Byer Suckoo said the recruiters were looking for 200 to 300 Barbadian men between the ages of 21 and 40 to pick