Maine tourism industry continues to struggle with worker shortage in fall 2017
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16 October 2017 (Edited )
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H-2B workers are needed by US tourism businesses because many Americans won't take these kinds of low-paying service jobs (in part, because wages reduce transfer payments).
Fewer H-2B workers came to Maine (and USA overall) in 2017 because for the first time workers returning to the same employer were counted against the 66,000 annual cap, which was reached in March.
DHS approved an additional 15,000 H-2B visas in July, but this came too late for most employers.
The Trump Administration needs to fix this for 2018.