East Coast gas shortages prompting vacation worries
Gas shortages along the East Coast are prompting many to worry that they could threaten planned vacations.
WASHINGTON - Gas shortages being reported in the region are now leading some to question online whether they’ll get stranded driving to places like the Eastern Shore and Outer Banks for Memorial Day weekend. Shore and regional leaders are not sounding an alarming just yet.
AAA predicts over 37 million people will hit the roadways for the holiday vacation, as many people are looking to escape their quarantine locations – and many struggling businesses in the regions beach towns are hoping to receive customers.
(April 30, 2021) In an effort to quell resortwide staffing struggles, the same international workers who were once reserved for seafood packing houses and farm labor are taking on new roles at some Ocean City businesses this year.
Each year, a set number of H-2B Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker visas are granted to individuals from foreign countries for six months to come to the United States and work for money to send home to their families. Businesses apply for certification to hire them and receive a number based on a lottery system. The workers are adults, not students like those who come from the J-1 student work and travel program, and typically perform manual labor â until this year.
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