Labor Department pinching Md. seafood processors?

John Fritze has a must-read front-page story about a new Labor Department requirement that would compel businesses to increase the wages of their foreign, seasonal workers. The new rule could have a crippling effect on the seafood processors that have come to rely on these workers, some say.

Here's the article, which has voices from the industry, politicians and advocates for the poor weighing in the new requirement, which is set to begin on Sept. 30.

UPDATE: Mikulski takes her concerns directly to White House after Labor Department rebuff.