Work-travel program gets new rules, but that doesn't please everyone
(NEWSER) - Youth unemployment is pretty darn bad , and that has many raising new eyebrows over America's long-running work-travel program. The State Department revamped the program this month following allegations of poor working conditions , ensuring that the 100,000 foreign students participating this year will work at "light, seasonal occupations" like lifeguarding, the Washington Post reports. The updates are also supposed to protect American workers' jobs by barring the foreigners from being employed by warehouses, factories, and the like. But some say the protections don't go far enough—and that America's youth should be the ones guarding our pools. More»
