guest worker
noun
: a foreign laborer working temporarily in an industrialized usually European country
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For years, the agricultural sector has been pleading for a strong and efficient guest worker program.
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Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
More great reads In America’s ‘salad bowl,’ farmers invest in guest worker housing, hoping to stabilize workforce.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Idaho farmers and immigrant workers Two Idaho lawmakers this session tried to help solve labor shortages with a bill to create a year-round agricultural guest worker program.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2025
In 2020, guest workers accounted for just 10% of the farm labor workforce, but their numbers are skyrocketing, especially in southeastern states and on the West Coast.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 16 June 2025
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Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
More great reads In America’s ‘salad bowl,’ farmers invest in guest worker housing, hoping to stabilize workforce.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Idaho farmers and immigrant workers Two Idaho lawmakers this session tried to help solve labor shortages with a bill to create a year-round agricultural guest worker program.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2025
In 2020, guest workers accounted for just 10% of the farm labor workforce, but their numbers are skyrocketing, especially in southeastern states and on the West Coast.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 16 June 2025
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“Guest worker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20worker. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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