Fair wages and working conditions for guestworkers
CDM and migrant worker allies participated in two major lawsuits brought against the Department of Labor’s prevailing wage rule by H-2B employers in seafood, construction, landscaping, horse training, hotels, carnivals and fairs, and forestry. In Maryland, the rule would have raised local and H-2B landscaping workers’ wages from $9.12/hour to $12.80/hour. The industry successfully pressured…