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Utah Senate passes bipartisan resolution urging federal action on employer-sponsored guest-worker program

Utah State Senate · January 30, 2009

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Summary

SCR 1 asks Congress to establish an employer-sponsored guest-worker program modeled on a Salt Lake Chamber plan. Supporters called it bipartisan and practical; opponents warned it could undercut wages given Utah's lack of a prevailing-wage statute. The resolution passed and will be sent to the House.

The Utah Senate passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 urging the federal government to establish an employer-sponsored guest-worker program. Senator Jenkins presented the resolution on the floor as a bipartisan attempt to prod Congress to act on a persistent labor issue.

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