guest worker

American  

noun

1. a foreign worker permitted to work in a country, especially in Western Europe, on a temporary basis.

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Etymology

Origin of guest worker

1965–70; translation of German Gastarbeiter

Example Sentences

Many growers are turning to the H-2A guest worker program – a legal pipeline for seasonal foreign labor that has quadrupled in size over the past decade.

From Salon

“The threat of guest workers is really concerning because they are planning to replace local workers with H-2A workers that will make finding work more difficult,” Panfilo said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

Americans aren’t eager to do arduous farm work, so most apple picking falls to immigrants and foreign guest workers in the U.S. on temporary H-2A visas.

From The Wall Street Journal

I asked him if a guest worker program could succeed today.

From Los Angeles Times

In court, government prosecutors and civil plaintiffs have alleged that Infosys and Tata were exploiting the guest workers they brought to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times