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- A category under the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act by which aliens can enter the U.S. for three years if they work in a specialized field and their employers cannot...
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- Reports: You should have no trouble finding IT work
- Reports: You should have no trouble finding IT workIgnores the effect of the H-1B program.Any employment gains have been sucked up by the H-1B and L-1 programs long ago.. (over a million plus in the last six years.Stagnant wages while inflation is runing amok, increased unpaid overtime, layoffs.. all are...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in future
- U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in futureIn other news...IBM, AMD, Intel, Boeing..announce job cutsThese "shortage of engineer" articles are starting to smell fishy when balanced against job cuts and outsourcing news from the same companies that complain about shortages.Why not just cut...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- America's blocked labor policies
- America's blocked labor policiesAll of our restrictions help Canada though. Companies, including MS are nowsetting up shop in Canada to get around US restrictions. Also, India and others will benefit, as more people stay home. Not sure what the solution is, but we only hurt ourselves with the restrictions.RE: America's...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Senators propose infinite H-1Bs for advanced degree holders
- Senators propose infinite H-1Bs for advanced degree holdersagain the congress sold us out!Everyting seems to be against the people that try to make a decent living.Importing cheap labor and exporting jobs overseas seems to be the the 'new trade' our elected officials have invented.I thought that a democratic congress could...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
- Does H-1B surge mean cap should be raised?
- Does H-1B surge mean cap should be raised?30% of Microsoft Workforce in US Reported not US CitizensThe radio in Seattle this morning reported the thirty percent of the workforce currently working for Microsoft on US soil do not hold US Citizenship. The statistic is alarming but I had rationalized that...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-04
- Senate bill gives Americans preference for tech jobs
- Senate bill gives Americans preference for tech jobsNot a bad proposal.Especially this:They would be required to pledge that they made a "good faith" effort to hire an American before taking on an H-1B worker and that the foreigner was not displacing a prospective U.S. worker. Employers would also have to...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-03
- Some H-1B workers underpaid, federal auditors say
- Some H-1B workers underpaid, federal auditors sayGet Rid Of ItHey,Maybe they should just get rid of the program and pay Americans.There'd be plenty of US workers availableif US companies would quit firing and laying them off. Why is there are places where you couldn't buy yourself an IT job,...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-23
- Bush shows support for tech industry
- Bush shows support for tech industryWell since some of you hate George so muchyou'll give up technolgy now?Bush "has advocated" education improvementsSeems like Mr. Bush could have done more by taking more consistent action to improve technical education in the US, and by avoiding policy that actively dimishes or stops...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-21
- More H1-B visas on the way?
- More H1-B visas on the way?How much more fraud and abuse?The stories on this subject are endless. There exists a vast amount of data to indicate that this program is nothing more than a vehicle for companies to import foreign scabs. There is no shortage of IT workers...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-04
- IT pay increases connected to outsourcing backlash, says study
- IT pay increases connected to outsourcing backlash, says studyWhen the employment level returns to pre-offshroing levels,in both terms of pay AND employment figures, I'll be happy.American corporations should be hiring Americans or moving out entirely to become Indian companies based in India and hiring Indians. What American companies are...
- Discussion threads 2005-07-21
- 39% of 2003 H1B approvals were for tech industry, 37% brought people from India
- 39%% of H1B foreign worker visa petitions approved in 2003 were for workers in computer-related occupations, with nearly 37% of all approvals that year for workers born in India.
- Blog posts 2005-05-25
- Bill adds 20,000 H-1B visas
- Bill adds 20,000 H-1B visasGod bless America, you awesome Republicans!People keep saying to let the Republicans screw the country over so badly that next election provided it is not too too rigged they'll go all Democrat out of disgust over the Republican trouncing of the country on so many levels....
- Discussion threads 2004-11-22
- H-1B visa limit reached
- H-1B visa limit reachedIf a company needs a H1BIf a company says they need a H1B....Get them to send their job spec to Immigration, Immigration can send it round the US job agencies and see if they can fill it with US staff.If they can fill it, then the company...
- Discussion threads 2004-02-18
- Study: IT, telecom on recovery path
- Study: IT, telecom on recovery pathMerrill and GoldmanBoth of them don't really know how to handle IT at the moment and that's why they outsource overseas in panic. For Merrill there was already number of failed project's. For Goldman we will see that GS India.If the level of overaseas outsourcing...
- Discussion threads 2003-11-03
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- Xerox CEO: Time for Washington's help
- Xerox CEO: Time for Washington's helpIt's about economics and the lesser of two evils...Supply and demand, good old basic economics. Nobody wants to face the facts that, as labor, we are simply "supply" for a demand which has gone global and is cheaper elsewhere. Years of Clinton economics were...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- Google calls for hike in H-1B visas
- Google calls for hike in H-1B visasThey immigrate because their country sucksThere's plenty of ways to make money in their own country.The Internet is computers talking to computers.very wellHow about lobbying for changing the H1-B process this way:1.increase the application fee since they displace Americans that paid taxes and loans...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- News to know: Apple; Fixing Vista; Earth Day; Web 2.0 Expo
- Notable headlines: Tom Foremski: Open letter to Steve Jobs: Apple should have a first adopter network program and give discounts to loyal customers Jason O'Grady: Something killed my MacBook Pro David Morgenstern: Are there enough suckers in the world to make...
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Move to increase H1B visas
- Move to increase H1B visasThis is like congress getting a pay raise...Unless they vote AGAINST it."The Republicans asked for movement on HB 1930, which would increase the H1B cap from 65,000 to 115,000 and calls for a 20% increase every year that the cap is met."If you are a US...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Move to increase H1B visas
- From TechCrunch: House Republicans are asking the Democratic leadership to act on Bill Gates' increasingly urgent calls for an increase in H1B visas for foreign high-tech workers. In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the House Republican Study Group said: As a country, we are...
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Tech giants reveal their agenda
- Tech giants reveal their agendaNational SecurityOr is that self-induced national paranoia?How many asking for patent lawsuit ...protection would turn around and sue anyone stepping on their patents? You can't have your cake and eat it too.They Only Listen to Cash and Hookers!Lobbying?Private suite with a beautiful girl is more...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
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