Many large employers who rely on guest workers attempt to avoid responsibility for unlawful practices by obtaining workers indirectly through a labor broker. This puts workers are greater risk of abuse and makes enforcement of their rights even more difficult.
In one case, Guatemalan men were recruited by a labor broker to plant pines in North Carolina but instead were taken to Connecticut and forced to work nearly 80 hours a week in nursery fields, earning about an hourly rate that was about half of what they were promised.
Many large employers who rely on guest workers attempt to avoid responsibility for unlawful practices by obtaining workers indirectly through a labor broker. This puts workers are greater risk of abuse and makes enforcement of their rights even more difficult.
In one case, Guatemalan men were recruited by a labor broker to plant pines in North Carolina but instead were taken to Connecticut and forced to work nearly 80 hours a week in nursery fields, earning about an hourly rate that was about half of what they were promised.