The Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act, Smucker’s press release said, would help fill the estimated 6.7 million open jobs in the U.S.
The Associated General Contractors of America has long been pushing for an overhaul of the U.S. immigration system in order to help contractors supplement their workforces with temporary workers from abroad. The workforce bill, the organization said, would establish the first-ever visa program for less-skilled construction labor, and the AGC has urged members of Congress to support it.
