guest worker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of guest worker
1965–70; translation of German Gastarbeiter
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He also proposes expanding guest worker programs and “shifting accountability” from workers to corporations that underpay immigrant laborers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
“As for the farmers, there is a guest worker program that President Trump supports,” Mr. Miller replied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
You would think that a guest worker programme would be a good start, since we have labour shortages all over the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2023
In the 1990s they leveraged their political connections once more to move their undocumented Mexican workers onto the federal H-2A guest worker program.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2023
It would have awarded visas based on a points system, with about 50 percent based on job skills, and included temporary guest worker programs.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2023
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