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Ski and tourism worker visas held hostage in immigration-reform deadlock

Started by CIM Network · 10 months ago

The state’s labor-starved ski industry is banking on an influx of work visas for overseas lift operators, ski instructors and bus drivers that may be hopelessly mired in the heated congressional deadlock over immigration reform.

At a meeting with Sen. Ken Salazar in Eagle last week ... Continue reading »

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  • maldoror

    11 months ago

    Oh boo hoo, I am sitting here crying in my Coors over this one. I guess all of the thousands of Mexican workers they brought into summit county in the 80's and 90's will now no longer work for a non living wage so they have to bring some more in.

    Also god forbid you try a bit harder to hire some locals by paying a better wage one could actually live on and offer some kind of benefits. No instead Intrawest and Vail will swing their dicks around and get their way at the expense of the people already living in the mountain/ski counties.
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  • padang tourism

    5 months ago

    we hope much to obama for president u.s.a
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  • vushan Thapa

    5 months ago

    Every thing is fine but we are suffering for jobs scarcity so plz all of your speech are relaiable for such type of worker like us then you may please give that opportunity about H2B visa and H2A visas.till date we cant follow it , we have courage and do to somthing for our responsiblity. and enthuasism also
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  • travel news

    3 months ago

    hope with obama as a president, a reform at immigration can be done soon
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