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

York's seasonal workers link to homelands via WiFi access - Seacost Onlilne, 6/27/2010

Demand remains for foreign workers - Seacoastonline, 4/18/2010

York establishments open doors to seasonal workers - Seacoastonline, 9/16/2009

Seasonal spike opens opportunities for foreign workers - Bangor Daily News, 6/6/2009

Praying for a visa answer - Seafood Business, 6/6/2008

Maine tourism-related businesses struggle to find seasonal workers - Bangor Daily News, 6/3/2008

Visa Cap Leaves Businesses Shorthanded - WCSH6 Portland Maine, 5/27/2008

Visa limits squeeze hospitality labor force - Portsmouth Herald News, 5/8/2008

Temporary worker standoff irks businessowners - Central Maine Morning Sentinel, 4/27/2008

Shortage of H-2B workers worries area politicians - New England Construction, 2/19/2008

Plum Creek proposes affordable housing - Bangor Daily News, 12/7/2007

Law could cause ski labor headaches - Maine Today, 10/1/2007

Visa backlog worries seasonal businesses - Portland Press Herald, 3/30/2007

New England lawmakers push Congress for more seasonal visas - Boston Globe, 2/19/2006

Seasonal foreign workers in short supply this year - USA Today, 3/25/2005

Restauranteurs and processors brace for a potential labor shortage; employers - Seafood Business, 5/1/2004