A new plan purportedly being discussed to save farms money is drawing some scrutiny.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue were considering plans to lower the minimum wages for “H-2 workers,” named after the visa these laborers use to enter the country for seasonal agricultural work. The minimum wage for H-2 workers is set by the federal government so that temporary foreign labor doesn’t undercut the domestic labor market .
And yet, according to the non-profit Farmworker Justice, changes to this “Adverse Effect Wage Rate” are far from unprecedented. “The Bush Administration changed the formula for calculating this wage rate resulting in an average decrease of over $1/hr ,”. “The Obama Administration's regulations restored the previous wage rate formula.”
And for now, NPR only says that the White House is looking into it. The plan appears to not yet be set in stone. A White House official was quoted as saying, “The administration is considering all policy options during this unprecedented crisis to ensure our great farmers are protected, and President Trump has done and will do everything he can to support their vital mission.”
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