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Alaska processors hang hopes on bill to reinstate J-1 visa program

Murkowski-Begich legislation aims to bring seafood processors back in to program they once relied on for a large chunk of its workforce

By Undercurrent News | June 27, 2014 00:14 BST
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Alaska processors are likely operating with about 300 to 500 fewer workers than would be ideal this summer, Pacific Seafood Processing Association vice president Dennis Phelan told the Alaska Journal of Commerce this week [...]

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