Farmworker/Laborer
Gary F Bartley
📍 Dowagiac, MI · Cass County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26183-074207
- 📞 Phone: +1 (517) 391-5090
- ✉️ Email: wuglals@michfb.com
Employer instructions
Employer accepts referrals from any source. Applicants should apply for job opportunity at nearest State Workforce Agency ("SWA"). To locate the nearest Michigan Works! Agency, please visit https://www.michiganworks.org or call 800-285-WORKS (9675) | TTY: 711. SWA advises applicants of material terms and conditions of employment, and only refers applicants for employment if applicant confirms he or she is qualified, able, willing, and available for employment. SWA refers applicants to employer agent, Great Lakes Ag Labor Services.
Applicants may apply with Great Lakes Ag Labor Services by email at wuglals@michfb.com or call 517-391-5090, for interview during hours listed below. Employer makes hiring decision upon verification of employment qualifications.
Interview Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Thursday: 8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
Employer will not employ undocumented or fraudulently documented workers. Upon hiring and by end of third work day, workers must present original document(s) to establish identity and employment eligibility required to continue employment.
Employer is equal opportunity employer and agrees to comply with assurance at 20 CFR 655.135.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Farmworker/Laborer (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26183-074207
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Worker will be required to complete the following activities as directed by supervisor: hoe or pull weeds; hook up and repair irrigation; general repairs, clean and sanitize harvest buckets, bags, bins, and equipment; conduct pruning activities; conduct various farm and field clean up tasks such as raking brush, picking up rocks and roots and mowing grass on farm property; routine general repairs and maintenance of farm equipment and irrigation; operate trucks, tractors or other agricultural equipment such as forklifts on farm premises only; spray crops with tractor and spray attachment on farm premises only; hand harvest to quality standards apples; packing activities of Employer's produce only according to specifications; and apple general labor, including thinning, removing suckers or unwanted growths, trunk painting, planting trees, tying limbs and trees, and other general orchard maintenance and clean-up.
Other duties assigned under this order will be consistent under Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery and Greenhouse Workers (45-2092)
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 60 lb Drug test |
Experience Requirement: 3 month(s) verifiable experience in commercial tree fruit hand harvest required. Applicants must furnish job references from employers of the last 3 years establishing acceptable prior experience.
Job requires worker to complete tasks in General Farm Labor for Apples. Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties.
Drug testing done at employer's expense and not utilized as preemployment tool.
Season Commitment: Job offered requires worker be available for work for entire employment period.
Minimum Productivity/Performance Standards: Worker must possess requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat harvest process throughout workday. Worker must work at sustained pace and make good faith efforts to work efficiently as reasonable under working conditions.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | per 20 bushel $20.70 per 18 bushel wood box. (Golden and Gala varieties) Estimated hourly equivalent: $20.70 (one 18 bushel box) and $23.00 (one 20 bushel box). |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Dowagiac, Mi) |
| Housing | Mobile homes |
| Meals | Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. Worker purchases food and prepares meals. Employer offers no cost transportation to worker at least once a week to stores for food and other items. |
| Daily transportation | For workers eligible for housing benefit, Employer agrees to provide transportation between housing provided or secured by the employer and the employer's worksite(s) at no cost to the worker. 20 CFR 655.122(h)(3). Employer provided transportation to/from housing site(s), worksite(s), and weekly errands will include: 1. FORD 2005 E350 - 12 passenger 2. FORD 2008 E450 - 12 passenger 3. FORD 2004 E450 - 12 passenger 4. CHEVROLET 2012 EXPRESS - 12 passenger 5. FORD 2006 E350 - 12 passenger |
| Travel to the job | Transportation to Place of Employment (Inbound): Employer will not reimburse, pay for or provide inbound transportation and subsistence to worker who resides within reasonably commutable distance or who does not provide Form I-9 required identity and employment eligibility documentation, who has knowledge at recruitment that worker cannot perform job duties, who abandons employment, or who is discharged for lawful job-related reasons. |
| Pay deductions | Employer will make following deductions from worker’s wages: - FICA taxes if required, - Federal, state and local income tax if required, - Other deductions expressly authorized or required by state or federal law, - Other deductions worker authorizes in writing. |
Other work sites
- MI · Aug 31, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026 · 5 openings
- MI · Aug 31, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026 · 5 openings
| Case number | JO-A-300-26183-074207 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Great Lakes Ag Labor Services, LLC |
| Posted | Jul 6, 2026 |