We are advocates and legal services providers from across the U.S. who regularly represent and interact with workers employed by H-2B employers in a wide variety of industries and organizations concerned with the well-being of all workers in the United States. Because of the vulnerability of the H-2B workforce, their international travel, their frequent residence in employer-provided or controlled group housing, and the close quarters associated with the work some H-2B workers perform, federal agencies like yours need to take action now to protect these workers and the community from additional spread of COVID-19.

Read the full letter below or download the PDF.

 

2020-04-02 H-2B Letter to Federal Agencies_FINAL