H2B Workforce Coalition

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

Cheap foreign product pinching crab industry - New Orleans City Business, 7/6/2009

Employers struggle with temporary work visas - Daily Comet, 2/8/2009

Spanning the Globe - Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, 8/11/2008

Bill helps companies fill staffs - New Orleans City Business, 4/28/2008

Fight for guest workers goes on - The Daily Advertiser, 4/26/2008

Growers-Strawberry season picking - KATC TV Louisiana, 4/19/2008

Limited visas hurt La business - 2theadvocate, 4/2/2008

To H2B or Not to H2B - The Independent Weekly, 3/19/2008

Gulf Coast busineses are starved for seasonal workers - The Times-Picayune, 3/13/2008

Cap on guest-worker visas hurts state - Lafayette Daily Advertiser (editorial), 3/6/2008

Industries in crisis - Lafayette Daily Advertiser, 3/2/2008

Feeling the Pinch - The Independent Weekly, 2/26/2008

U.S. shipbuilders grapple with labor shortage - Bradenton Herald, 1/27/2008

Seasonal jobs threatened - The Daily Adverister, 10/3/2007

Seasonal worker shortage hurts businesses U.S. limits visas cuts migrant labor pool - The Times Picayune, 3/20/2005

Seafood lovers could feel pinch from rules on migrant workers - Lafayette Daily Advertiser, 3/20/2005