Optional4d ago

To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers

https://lemmy.world/post/44436905

To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers - Lemmy.World

Archive [https://archive.ph/8YE7w] Paying people less to do the work being done by the people they abused and deported. The layer of NYT-sleaze is thick

Show threadamniotic druid4d ago

Under the H-2A program, employers must also demonstrate an inability to hire U.S.-based workers. In 2025, only 182 of more than 415,000 advertised positions received a domestic applicant.

When this happens in any other industry, you raise wages until the labor market appreciates your job offer.

Show threadCharlesDarwin

When this happens in any other industry, you raise wages until the labor market appreciates your job offer.

Eh, maybe. H1-B has been used to artificially hold down IT wages for decades now.

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Show threadMirshe3d ago
Engineering too. A huge chunk of my company’s design engineering staff are H-1B because you can get away with paying a lot less.
Show threadreddig333d ago
H1B is just the same problem as H2A and is heavily abused. The poster is correct — this is a way to avoid paying what those jobs are actually worth.