The 2024 SEA Strategy Session and Retreat, hosted by SEA board member Sonja Skerbeck and Mackinac Island hotelier Sam Barnwell, will bring together SEA Leadership and the leading H-2B strategists. This meeting is strategically timed after the FY25 DHS Appropriations mark-ups and prior to the 2024 election. By mid-September, we...
May 22, 2024 H-2B Fly-In
We MUST obtain greater H-2B cap certainty prior to the 2024 election. To this end, we are co-hosting an H-2B Fly-In on May 22nd. It is timed to be shortly before the House FY25 DHS Appropriations mark-up hearing. This is a critical fly-in and our goal is for 150+ employers...
Mar-a-Lago Seasonal Employer PAC Fundraiser
The Seasonal Employer PAC invites you to join us for a cocktail reception and dinner on Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, at the historic Mar-a-Lago Club in beautiful Palm Beach, FL. Additionally, a select number of resort rooms have been reserved for SEA members who would like to spend 1-2 nights...
SEA 2024 Northern Central America Showcase
SEA will be cohosting another educational and informational event in Guatemala and El Salvador February 24-29 to showcase the Northern Central American Initiative to our membership. In February of 2023, we offered our membership the ability to travel to El Salvador and Guatemala to interview applicants. The event was a...
SEA Annual Meeting Recap
Despite cooler than average temperatures, the 2024 SEA Annual Meeting was a success. The feedback from the meeting was excellent. We provided a detailed analysis of processing times, DHS supplemental releases, which groups will receive their returning workers under which allocations and provided an overview of the Northern Central America...
SEA Announces Tremendous Support for H-2B Seasonal Employment Protection Act
Contact: Gray Delany Executive Director, Seasonal Employment Alliance gdelany@sealabor.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 28, 2023 Washington D.C. - The Seasonal Employment Alliance (SEA) is pleased to announce the tremendous support Senator Graham and Senator Padilla's Seasonal Employment Protection Act is receiving from H-2B stakeholders. Says SEA Chairman Roger Warren, President, Kiawah Island...
History of Seasonal Employment Protection Act
Given the pending introduction of the Seasonal Employment Protection Act being led by Senators Graham (R-SC) and Padilla (D-CA), we thought it would be helpful to provide context on how we got to this point and why we decided to negotiate with our historical opposition, the labor unions. Labor unions...
2024 SEA Annual Meeting
The 2024 SEA Annual Meeting will be in Longboat Key, FL January 15th-17th, 2024. At this meeting we will discuss the state of short-term and permanent cap relief, DOL processing, the Northern Central America initiative and will hold a program compliance seminar. The meeting will bring together the leading and...
SEA Fall Strategy Session and Retreat
The SEA Fall Strategy Session and Retreat, hosted by SEA Chairman Roger Warren and Kiawah Island Golf Resort, will bring together SEA Leadership and the leading H-2B strategists. This meeting is strategically timed. We should have a good idea of DHS' plans for its 2024 visa release and by early...
SEA Campaign to Address DOL Processing Delays
Due to the unprecedented labor shortage faced by employers in seasonal occupations, demand for the temporary, non-immigrant H-2B guestworker program has increased significantly over the last two years. As a result of limited visa availability compared to visa demand , employers with a spring or summer date of need must...