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Poultry plants have jobs to fill, but workers are scarce
Local companies struggle to find help amid tougher immigration enforcement
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Signs calling for job applications outside of Fieldale Farms Corporation in Gainesville, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. - photo by David Barnes
On the floors of a poultry processing plant in Murrayville, workers speak 13 different languages. Fieldale Farms President Tom Hensley said he estimates about 50 or so refugees and other immigrants come to Murrayville from the metro Atlanta area daily to work in the plant.
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Meet Haley Harrison, Georgia Heart Institute’s new vice president
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Haley Harrison. - photo by NGHS.
The Georgia Heart Institute has named a new vice president.
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