Rachel Rock

Inside of a bike shop with a large American flag in sunlight

Nantucket businesses struggle without seasonal summer workers 

July 7, 2020
Business, Economics and Jobs

Nantucket summers are usually packed with tourists and foreign seasonal workers who help out during the high season. But this year, J-1 visa suspensions means no seasonal workers — and Nantucket businesses are struggling to get by. 

Nantucket businesses struggle without seasonal summer workers 
Personal protective equipment brought to the US through an operation run by Harvard Business School student Sophie Bai.

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Harvard grad student creates a new PPE supply chain from China to Boston
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Can Tulane University’s monkeys help the global fight against the coronavirus?

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