To: US Department of Labor - H-2A comments

Act to stop Trump admin's scary farm worker proposal

I am writing this comment on behalf of our nation's farm workers whose hard work makes it possible for us to have food on our table every day.

The Trump DOL's proposed changes to rules governing the H-2A agricultural guestworker program would make it easier to deny jobs to our nation's current farm workers so employers can hire more temporary foreign field laborers and pay them less. It would depress pay for domestic workers and reduce existing protections for both domestic and foreign workers. The federal government indicates more than half of farm workers are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents; the proposed changes would negatively impact many of these farm workers.

Please stop the harmful changes in this rule today.

Why is this important?

The Trump Administration's Department of Labor just posted harmful regulatory changes in the Federal Register that would drastically reduce wages and job opportunities for US workers and protections for workers on H2A visas. The 489 pages of complex regulations announced by the Trump Administration would devastate protections for all farm workers and we must keep them from rolling out.

The public comment period has just opened and will be open until September 24. Please help us do all we can to make sure these changed regulations do not go in effect by taking action today.

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