US EditionAttorneys General Oppose Pay Cut for Foreign Farmworkers
Seventeen Democratic state attorneys general argue the wage rule harms farmworkers by cutting entry-level pay and allowing housing wage deductions, risking poverty-level earnings.
- On Monday, a coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer opposing the Interim Final Rule that lowers wages for H-2A temporary foreign workers.
- By changing rate methodology, the IFR cuts wages by adopting a new rate methodology that ignores agricultural data, creates a two-tiered wage determination, recategorizes higher-paying jobs, and permits wage deductions for housing.
- The attorneys general warn H-2A employers are required to provide housing at no cost, but the U.S. Department of Labor's findings show wage theft and poor housing, risking farmworkers being paid near the federal poverty line.
- The AGs argue the IFR would shift monetary gains to employers and warn it could affect state budgets because state agencies administer H-2A.
- Reporters sought comment Tuesday; a coalition of 17 states, including Rob Bonta, Aaron Ford, and Phil Weiser, opposes the wage rule, with no response from the Department of Labor.
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Attorneys general oppose pay cut for foreign farmworkers - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) - A coalition of 17 Democratic attorneys general is opposing a U.S. Department of Labor rule that would reduce wages for temporary foreign farmworkers. The attorneys general, who include Rob Bonta of California, Aaron Ford of Nevada and Phil Weiser of Colorado, wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer to oppose the reduction in the Adverse Effect Wage Rate for workers in the H-2A program. H-2A allows farm…
A coalition of 17 state prosecutors, all Democrats, presented Monday their sharp opposition to a new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) standard that implements a significant reduction in the wages of foreign agricultural workers who come to the country temporarily under the H-2A visa. (Continue reading...) Trump's entry proposes to reduce wages to farmers on H-2A visa was first published in Remolacha - Dominican Republic News.
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