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...
SEA Summer Strategy Session and Retreat
The SEA Summer Strategy Session and Retreat, hosted by Labor Consultants International, will bring together SEA Leadership and the leading H-2B strategists. At this meeting we will reflect on lessons learned from 2023 and go over the various cap relief scenarios for 2024 to put you in the best position...
SEA/NALP Fly-In
On June 13th and 14th, SEA, in partnership with the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP), will host a fly-in in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the fly-in is to advocate for the inclusion of significant cap relief in the FY24 DHS Appropriations bill and to rally support behind the...
H-2B cap met. What are your options?
FY23 H-2B SECOND HALF CAP MET: On March 2nd, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the FY23 statutory second half H-2B visa cap has been met. February 27th was DHS' final petition receipt date. FILING INSTRUCTIONS FOR CAP RELIEF VISAS: DHS began accepting petitions for the additional 16,500 returning worker...
Northern Central America Initiative Trip Report
On October 12th, DHS announced its intent to release an additional 20,000 H-2B visas specifically to the Northern Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, as well as Haiti. Given that this is a priority of the Biden administration, we have made it our mission to promote the...
SEA 2023 Annual Meeting and Auction Recap
The 2023 SEA Annual Meeting was a tremendous success. Along with record attendance, the feedback on the program was universally positive. We were honored to have H-2B program champion Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD-1) join us for the duration of the meeting. He was excited by the deal we negotiated with...