Mexico's fledgling program trains workers for U.S. Green Industry.(Brief Article)

IRAPUATO, MEXICO -- State government officials here, at the urging of U.S. businessman Jeff West, began training Mexican workers for the U.S. landscape industry. The training prepares workers for the H-2B program that allows U.S. employers who can't attract local labor to recruit and employ unskilled, seasonal foreign workers. The majority of these workers are recruited in Latin America, including Mexico.

West operates GTO, a Michigan-based labor solutions firm that places H-2B workers. He said the program will help alleviate some of the problems attached to H-2B. He says that bribery and fraud plague the recruiting process in Mexico. The biggest problem for U.S. …