Experts Urge Congress to Support H-2B Prevailing Wage Rule

Delayed Department of Labor rule would protect U.S. wages and local jobs

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2011.  Immigration, labor and civil rights experts convened yesterday during a congressional briefing to discuss the final rule issued by the Department of Labor to pay a prevailing wages to seasonal migrant workers working under H-2B visas. The briefing focused on how the rule will maintain wages for all workers and protect jobs in communities across the nation, as well…