Trumps Mar-a-Lago Resort Obtains Permission to Hire 70 Foreign Workers
By Daniel Politi at Slate
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/11/04/trump_s_mar_a_lago_resort_obtains_permission_to_hire_70_foreign_workers.html
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President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort got permission from the U.S. Labor Department to hire 70 foreign workers this winter, according to the Palm Beach Post. That marks an increase from the 64 foreign workers the south-Florida resort that has come to be known as the “Winter White House” hired last year.
The permission was awarded through the Labor Department’s H-2B visa program. The luxury resort will be hiring 20 cooks, 35 waiters, and 15 housekeepers this winter season, according to the Orlando Weekly.
Trump’s property is hardly an exception, and, in fact, other Florida resorts received permission to hire far more foreign workers through H-2B visas. The Boca West Country Club, for example, received permission to hire 367 foreign workers.
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump came under fire from other Republicans for his practice of hiring foreign workers at his resorts. Trump defended the practice, alleging it was “very, very hard to get people.” But a local nonprofit job placement agency said there were plenty of people qualified in the area for the jobs. “We currently have 5,136 qualified candidates in Palm Beach County for various hospitality positions listed in the Employ Florida state jobs database,” CareerSource spokesman Tom Veenstra said. Trump’s club rarely asks CareerSource for help in finding local qualified applicants, according to Veenstra.
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