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

Labor Pains: St. Louis landscapers worry they'll be short Mexican workers to mow lawns and bag leaves - Riverfront Times, 12/2/2008

Job Market Has Room For Teenagers - Midwest Business, 5/29/2008

Hotels seek workers on eve of summer travel season - The Kansas City Star, 5/16/2008

Summer employers brace for shortage of foreign workers - Kansas City Star, 4/27/2008

Visa program not delivering as many imported workers - St. Louis Dispatch, 4/17/2008

Letters To The Editor Regarding In the shadow of the cap - U.S. businesses find they're only allowed half the number of seasonal helpers - Kansas City Star, 2/2/2008

Following the law, companies wind up in a bind - Kansas City Star, 1/28/2008

The employer - St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1/20/2008

St. Louis firms fear economic hit if guest worker visa program not renewed - St. Louis Post Dispatch, 12/11/2007

Guest worker bill should live on - Springfield News-Leader (editorial), 11/6/2007

H2B bill faces an uncertain fate - Ozarks Local News, 11/5/2007

Employers worried by H2B program's lapse - News-Leaders Springfield MO, 10/24/2007

Foreign workers and employers facing visa crisis - Ozarks Local News, 10/5/2007

Firms push to extend exemption of H-2B - St. Louis Post Dispatch, 9/3/2007

'San Luis' is home away from home for landscape workers - St. Louis Post Dispatch, 9/3/2007

Grass is greener in St Louis - St Louis Post Dispatch, 9/2/2007

Loss of temporary workers a concern locally - Branson Daily News, 7/6/2007

Concerns raised over lack of workers - Branson Daily News, 5/27/2006

Nowack digs his spot with Green Turf Beautification - St. Louis Business Journal, 8/2/2002