This article appeared on local CBS affiliate WDBJ TV this evening and shows more of the current administration’s hypocrisy and lies in regard to making America great again. (Gawd, but I hate that phrase.)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia winery owned by President Donald Trump's son has applied to hire foreign workers to pick grapes after the company was unable to find U.S. citizens who want the job.
Trump Vineyard Estates, better known as Trump Winery, has asked to bring in 29 workers this season through the federal H-2A visa program, The Daily Progress reported (http://bit.ly/2nL4wDB).
The Charlottesville-area winery is owned by Eric Trump, whose father has called on businesses to hire Americans.
H-2A workers and U.S. workers in corresponding employment must be paid a certain rate — $10.72 an hour for vineyard farm workers in Virginia this year.
Whitely said she assumed her company would be flooded with people applying for the jobs because of all the media coverage Trump Winery has received for using the H-2A program.
"Guess how many applicants we had? ... 13," she said. "And they were all from places like the Philippines, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria. We did not have one American worker apply on (the first job order)."
Trump Winery didn't respond to a request for comment.
