Louisiana's Seafood Processors Say There are No Alternatives to the H2B Workforce
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Daily Comet] by Aaren Gordon - March 23, 2015
Steve Voisin of Montivatit Seafoods in Houma may be without 40 to 50 seasonal workers this year.
And, he may not be the only one that could have difficulty processing local seafood.
The Department of Labor and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have stopped accepting and processing requests for H-2B visas for seasonal workers.
These requests allowed noncitizens to work in the country on a temporary or seasonal basis, according to the H-2B Workforce Coalition...
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