CDM and migrant worker allies participated in two major lawsuits brought against the Department of Labor’s prevailing wage rule by H-2B employers in seafood, construction, landscaping, horse training, hotels, carnivals and fairs, and forestry. In Maryland, the rule would have raised local and H-2B landscaping workers’ wages from $9.12/hour to $12.80/hour. The industry successfully pressured congress to gut funding for the rule through the end of the 2012 fiscal year. CDM staff members Kristin Love and Megan Horn wrote on this issue in the Baltimore Sun and Gazette.net. CDM continues to advocate for stronger protections including a second rule proposed rule that will give H-2B workers contractual rights and guarantees.