Reviving the Bracero Program Is the Wrong Answer for Workers
Not even Biden’s own Labor Department believes that the administration’s proposal to bring in more seasonal farm labor will improve working conditions.
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Not even Biden’s own Labor Department believes that the administration’s proposal to bring in more seasonal farm labor will improve working conditions.
The end of the calendar year brings new information about the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program.
The end of the calendar year brings new information about the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program.
A U.S. Department of Labor effort to make a foreign worker program cheaper for farmers appears unlikely to succeed. Effectively, the Trump administrationâs labor department wants to lower the minimum wage for most H-2A workers â foreign laborers who perform seasonal U.S. agriculture jobs. The change would generally help farmers save on labor costs and decrease worker earnings. An Idaho necessity Idaho farmers need the H-2A program â without it they wouldnât be able to find workers. South-central Idaho farmers employed 1,249 H-2A workers in 2019 while Idaho as a whole emplo...