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Farm workers' unions are suing to stop deep cuts in guest worker wages.
For NPR News, I'm Frank Morris in Kansas City.
The Trump administration wants to ease an acute farm labor shortage by dropping the wage rates for foreign guest workers under the H-2A visa program.
United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero says the cuts would depress wages across agriculture.
The lawsuit claims the Trump administration sidestepped the normal process of changing the H-2A wage rate and that the guest worker pay cuts would freeze Americans out of the farm labor force.
For NPR News, I'm Frank Morris.
The Trump administration wants to ease an acute farm labor shortage by dropping the wage rates for foreign guest workers under the H-2A visa program.
H-2A visa wage rates are supposed to be set high enough to encourage farmers to hire locally, protecting American workers.
United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero says the cuts would depress wages across agriculture.
The lawsuit claims the Trump administration sidestepped the normal process of changing the H-2A wage rate and that the guest worker pay cuts would freeze Americans out of the farm labor force.
For NPR News, I'm Frank Morris.
The Trump administration wants to ease an acute farm labor shortage by dropping the wage rates for foreign guest workers under the H-2A visa program.
H-2A visa wage rates are supposed to be set high enough to encourage farmers to hire locally, protecting American workers.
United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero says the cuts would depress wages across agriculture.
The lawsuit claims the Trump administration sidestepped the normal process of changing the H-2A wage rate and that the guest worker pay cuts would freeze Americans out of the farm labor force.
The Trump administration wants to ease an acute farm labor shortage by dropping the wage rates for foreign guest workers under the H-2A visa program.
H-2A visa wage rates are supposed to be set high enough to encourage farmers to hire locally, protecting American workers.
United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero says the cuts would depress wages across agriculture.
The lawsuit claims the Trump administration sidestepped the normal process of changing the H-2A wage rate and that the guest worker pay cuts would freeze Americans out of the foreign labor force.