Part and parcel of that agreement was an understanding that the H-2 workers would be entitled if they otherwise qualified , and only if they otherwise qualified , to legal services representation , because without that , the protections contained for those workers , the housing protections , the domestic , the transportation protections , the piecework rate and adverse impact wage rates protections become utterly meaningless .
In order to preserve other protections guaranteed to the workers in the H-2 classification , the agreement stated that they were also entitled to legal services representation .