Legislative Alert
Fact Sheet on Why the H-2B Program is Bad for Working People
… lawsuits tell a different story – the H-2B program displaces U.S. workers, lowers wages, and exposes foreign workers to exploitation. Employers urging lawmakers to pass policy riders to expand the H-2B program exponentially and gut crucial wage and labor protections only have their … that workers will leave an abusive employer or complain about unpaid wages or poor working conditions. This captive work structure perpetuates cycles of exploitation for H-2B workers and puts downward pressure on the wages and standards for …