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...not the people who earned it.
Trump’s farmworker pay cut moved $2.5 billion a year from workers to growers. A judge says it’s illegal, and back pay could follow
The Labor Department has until Dec. 30 to rewrite the formula that sets pay for nearly 400,000 seasonal farm jobs, after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration illegally cut wages for foreign guest workers. If it misses the deadline, wages automatically snap back to rates set under the Biden administration. Growers who have been paying the lower rates may also owe back pay.
Roughly a sixth of the U.S. agricultural workforce comes to the country temporarily to do jobs their employers say they otherwise can’t fill. msn.com - Trump s farmworker pay cut moved billion a year from workers to growers a judge says it s illegal and back payOf course, if most of those workers have been scooped up in the ICE dragnet, they can't receive the backpay.
In somewhat related news.
Seems the UK's "JCs" are crying a river about BREXIT cutting off their supply of cheap labor, so are lobbying for open borders.
Andy Burnham says he wants ‘honest discussion’ about freedom of movement with EU
Andy Burnham says he wants an “honest discussion” with the British public about the possibility of a return to free movement between the UK and the EU as part of his plans for a new relationship with the bloc.
Migration was one of the dominant topics of debate during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign. In the 12 months to June 2016 – the month of the Brexit leave vote – net migration was at a near-record high of 335,000, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Decisions made after the Brexit result would lead to higher levels of migration, however. Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 due to a surge of foreign workers encouraged to come to the UK by Boris Johnson’s Conservative government as the UK emerged from the Covid pandemic.theguardian.com - Andy burnham says he wants honest discussion about freedom of movement with EUSteve
