Employers would be allowed to pay new workers. regardless of age or experience. $4.25 an hour for their first 6 months on the job. Although my colleagues on the other side of the aisle refer to this lower rate of pay as a "opportunity wage." there is no suggestion anywhere in their amendment that workers will receive training in exchange for this discriminatory treatment. This provision would be particularly harmful for migrant and seasonal agricultural workers. who rarely work for the same employer for 6 month periods of time. Up to 8.000 migrant workers are employed in my State of Wisconsin alone. Finally. adding insult to injury. the Republican amendment wouldnt even fully take effect for another year and a half. Mr.