Employer Appeals for Temporary Worker Visas Meet Union Pushback

As the Biden administration pursues the expansion of temporary work visas to meet employer demands during ongoing labor shortages, it’s facing pushback from key allies in organized labor who say those programs harm both American and foreign workers.

Employers and business groups have clamored for the administration to expand availability of temporary worker visas, while organized labor—a major base of support for President Joe Biden—has raised alarms that those programs will undermine U.S.-born workers. The administration, meanwhile, has signaled repeatedly that it views temporary work programs as part of the solution to migration from Central America and the Caribbean ...