Guest workers are supposed to be temporary. To fill a temporary labor shortage when there are not enough U.S. workers. Or at least that’s the rhetoric. Of course the law is quite different.
So, one would think that first to go in layoffs would be the temporary guest workers. Not so! Microsoft is laying off 5,000 workers and additionally none in India. Of course Microsoft lobbies for more cheap labor which displaces U.S. workers so these massive layoffs are the height of hypocrisy.
Mr. Steve Ballmer Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond , WA 98052-6399
Dear Mr. Ballmer: I am writing to inquire about press reports that Microsoft will be cutting approximately 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months. I understand that the layoffs will affect workers in research and development, marketing, sales, finance, legal and corporate affairs, human resources, and information technology. I am concerned that Microsoft will be retaining foreign guest workers rather than similarly qualified American employees when it implements its layoff plan. As you know, I want to make sure employers recruit qualified American workers first before hiring foreign guest workers. For example, I…
Considering how badly corporate lobbyists have sew up the Democratic party when it comes to global labor arbitrage against working professionals, well pardon me for my skepticism. Still during the confirmation hearing of Labor Secretary Solis, this question was asked:
In terms of H-1B Visas, what is your position on that?
The below video clip in her answer.
Folks, keep writing, speaking out and demanding your legislators pass S.1035intact.
Lou Dobb’s Bill Tucker gives a blockbuster report on how PhDs, Post Doctorates are being paid peanuts. There is also an active agenda to wage repress the nations Engineers and Scientists in research through use of the H-1B Visa program.
