H-2B WORKFORCE COALITION

Protecting American Workers Through a Stable and Reliable Seasonal Workforce

 
Stories about the importance of the H-2B program to seasonal and small businesses have been run throughout the country. Through the links below, you may download news stories organized by state or by those that apply generally or nationwide.
State Articles
Colo. governor: Laws stopping immigrant workers - KRDO TV, 1/29/2009
Employers help seasonal workers get through lean early winter - Steamboat Pilot & Today, 12/30/2008
Ski areas have wish list for Obama - Denver Post, 11/22/2008
Ski instructors get cultural - Vail Daily News, 9/25/2008
Visa cut won’t lead to wage bump - Aspen Daily News, 9/18/2008
Visa Shortage Sends Resorts Scrambling - New West, 9/14/2008
Visa caps block help - Steamboat Pilot & Today, 9/14/2008
round the Mountains; Vail hopes to replace H-2B drivers - Summit Daily News, 9/9/2008
Around the Mountains; Vail hopes to replace H-2B drivers - Summit Daily News, 9/9/2008
Vail winter bus service may be cut - Vail Daily, 8/21/2008
Winter Park faces H-2B visa woes - Vail Daily, 8/20/2008
Winter Park will lose about half of last year’s foreign workers because of H-2B visa cap - Sky-Hi Daily News, 8/19/2008
Mountain Town News - Aspen Times, 8/16/2008
Would you ride Eagle County's bus for free? - Vail Daily, 8/14/2008
Ski towns losing seasonal workers - Durango Telegraph, 8/14/2008
New residents cost $1,000 - Vail Trail Weekly, 8/13/2008
Parking doesn’t come cheap - Vail Daily (editorial), 8/13/2008
Vail looks to hike parking fees - Vail Daily, 8/12/2008
Ski-resort work-visa crisis stymies Vail, puts lives in flux around the globe - Real Vail, 8/11/2008
Businesses strive for legal workers - Vail Daily, 8/11/2008
Vail Resorts wanted lots of visas this year - Summit Daily News, 8/9/2008
Capped visas for foreign workers may lead to staffing shortage - Steamboat Pilot & Today, 8/9/2008
VR wanted 1,900 visas - Vail Daily, 8/8/2008
Lawmakers call for more visas - Vail Daily, 8/8/2008
H-2B visa snafu to cut into Aspen Skiing Co. ranks - Aspen Times, 8/8/2008
GOP Senate candidate Schaffer tells Vail Valley backers immigration reform 'decades away' - Real Vail, 8/7/2008
VR: Longtime instructors won’t be on mountain - Vail Daily, 8/6/2008
Short on solutions - Vail Daily (editorial), 8/6/2008
Foreign workers may be scarce in Vail Valley - Vail Daily, 8/5/2008
Many Foreign Telski Workers Won’t Be Back This Winter - Telluride Watch, 8/4/2008
H-2B visa cap met for first half of FY 2009 - Montrose Daily Press, 7/30/2008
Salazar says ski-resort work visas stalled by immigration debate deadlock - Real Vail, 7/13/2008
Aspen Skiing Co.'s Jim Crown shares views on the ski industry - The Aspen Times, 7/8/2008
Caps on foreign workers worry Sierra ski resorts - The Aspen Times, 7/8/2008
New Visa Curbs Hit Seasonal Employers - The Wall Street Journal, 5/27/2008
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Employers find Puerto Rico, 5/18/2008
Hotels seek workers on eve of summer travel season - The Denver Post, 5/16/2008
Summer employers brace for shortage of foreign workers - New York Times, 4/27/2008
Businesses feel labor crunch - Craig Daily Press, 3/30/2008
All hands on deck for Aspen Skiing Co - Summit Daily News, 3/29/2008
All hands on deck for Aspen Skiing Co - The Aspen Times, 3/29/2008
Businesses feel labor crunch - Steamboat Pilot Today, 3/29/2008
Visa cap leaves ski resorts short-staffed - Rocky Mountain News, 3/15/2008
Vail resort workers headed for overtime - Vail Daily, 3/12/2008
Broadmoor lobbies for visa program - Colorado Springs Gazette, 3/9/2008
SkiCo applauds visa change - Aspen Daily News, 3/7/2008
Vail looks to Caribbean for workers - Vail Daily, 3/7/2008
No more sweet corn - Montrose Daily Press, 2/24/2008
Cheap Dollar Draws European Skiers - New West (Snowblot), 2/11/2008
Colorado Businesses Scrambling To Fill Seasonal Jobs - CBS4 Denver, 2/11/2008
Vail's labor crunch not unique - Vail Daily, 2/4/2008
Visa shortage jamming up SkiCo - Aspen Daily news, 1/26/2008
Workers do jobs no one else wants - Rocky Mountain News (letter to editor), 1/12/2008
Shortage of visas stings employers - Denver Post, 1/9/2008
Legal Foreign Workers Suffer The Tightening Immigration Belt - Denver Urban Spectrum, 1/1/2008
Their summer job - The Durango Herald, 12/17/2007
Aspen Skiing Co. gets creative to find help - The Aspen Times, 12/14/2007
Resorts hope visa problem will be fixed - Denver Post, 11/7/2007
Mountain area businesses depend on visas - Sumnmit Daily News, 10/28/2007
Visa limits may drain local labor - Vail Daily, 10/21/2007
Visa shortage causing SkiCo headaches - Aspen Daily News, 10/10/2007
Visa limits worry resorts - Denver Post, 10/4/2007
Binding talks Udall adresses ski group - Post Independent, 8/26/2007
Future depends on guest-worker reforms - Fort Collins Coloradoan guest column, 8/22/2007
Guest Worker Program Essential - Daliy Camera Boulder County, CO Letter to the Editor, 6/30/2007
Quarry owners say visa program keeps them in business - Santa Fe New Mexican, 10/2/2006
Few Visas Fewer Workers - New York Times, 6/10/2005
Unable to Get Visas for Foreign Workers, The Broadmoor HOtel Enters Summer Season About 100 Employees Short - Colorado Springs Gazette, 4/5/2005
Seasonal foreign workers in short supply this year - USA Today, 3/25/2005
Colorado business needs hike in visas - Rocky Mountain News Editorial, 3/14/2005
Denver-Area Resorts Look Down Under for Hires to Counter Labor Shortage - The Denver Post, 8/21/2000