guest worker
noun
: a foreign laborer working temporarily in an industrialized usually European country
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But details from three federal lawsuits point to a dangerous work climate for the ranch’s seasonal guest workers.
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Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
In the remote Nevada desert, the Baker Ranch couldn’t survive without immigrant guest workers who come every year from Mexico.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
The state and federal government rarely bar these companies from bringing guest workers to the United States, despite having the ability to do so.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
For instance, Tagawa Greenhouse Enterprises, the state’s largest H-2A employer with 155 guest workers, failed to pay the correct wage to all its workers and took improper deductions for Medicare and Social Security, Department of Labor documents show.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
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Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
In the remote Nevada desert, the Baker Ranch couldn’t survive without immigrant guest workers who come every year from Mexico.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
The state and federal government rarely bar these companies from bringing guest workers to the United States, despite having the ability to do so.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
For instance, Tagawa Greenhouse Enterprises, the state’s largest H-2A employer with 155 guest workers, failed to pay the correct wage to all its workers and took improper deductions for Medicare and Social Security, Department of Labor documents show.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Guest worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20worker. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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