Foreign Workers

P.E.I. Seafood Processers Want Assurance Feds Will Pay Quarantine Costs for Temporary Foreign Workers

March 19, 2021 CBC

The head of the P.E.I. Seafood Processors Association wants confirmation on who will pay for a three-day quarantine for temporary foreign workers. …

Maryland’s Crab Industry Again Faces Massive Shortage of Foreign Workers Unless Trump Raises Visa Limits

March 5, 2020 SCOTT DANCE, BALTIMORE SUN

Maryland’s seafood industry is facing a massive shortage of laborers to pick and process crab meat for the second time in three years, and is pleading with the Trump administration to increase a limit on foreign guest workers. …

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Wants More Visas for Foreign Workers to Help Crab Picking Industry

January 23, 2020 BRIAN WITTE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday urged federal officials to allow more H-2B visas for foreign workers to help the state’s $ 355 million seafood industry and seasonal employers. …