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Daybreak Dec. 1: Biden returning to USDA survey for H-2A rates

12/01/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Bill Tomson
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Following a failed attempt by the Trump administration to freeze farmworker wages for two years, the Labor Department is proposing to go back to setting minimum wage rates for foreign workers the same way it had been for 30 years.
KEYWORDS Adverse Effect Wage Rates Labor Department Michael Marsh National Council of Agricultural Employers Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D. Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. Senate Finance Committee Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai USDA’s Farm Labor Survey
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