Trump Winery sought 36 foreign workers at lower wages amid POTUS' crackdown on immigration
Donald Trump's Virginia winery offered $13.90 an hour for seasonal farm work, nearly $2 below its 2025 rate.
The Trump Organization applied for permission to hire 36 temporary foreign workers for its Virginia winery. The wage they proposed was $13.90 per hour, which was significantly lower than the previous year's rate. This application came after the President's administration reduced minimum wage calculations for certain foreign agricultural workers.
The winery, owned by Trump Vineyard Estates LLC near Charlottesville, needed workers to cultivate grapes and apples from February to October 2026. The requested wage was $13.90 per hour, a decrease from $15.81 in 2025. Workers who were previously employed by the winery could earn $16.16 per hour if they returned in 2026, according to the filing.
The wage dispute is centered around the Department of Labor’s adverse effect wage rate, which aims to protect domestic workers from wage suppression.
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