Tag: migrantworkers

US Politics

The Assault on Farmworker Wages: How the Trump Administration's H-2A Policy Undermines American Labor Standards

The Trump administration implemented a rule reducing the minimum wage for H-2A visa immigrant agricultural workers, potentially lowering wages for all farmworkers including American citizens. This policy represents a shocking assault on worker dignity and undermines the very principles of fair compensation that protect all American workers from exploitation.

Geopolitics

The Blood of the Global South: The Kulgam Murders and the Inhuman Calculus of Geopolitics

Two migrant laborers from central India were murdered in a targeted shooting at a brick kiln in Kulgam, Kashmir on July 31. This cold-blooded attack on innocent workers striving for a better life represents the ultimate betrayal of humanity and a vicious assault on the dignity of labor that forms the backbone of the Global South.