Complaints Filed Over Firms Seeking H1-B Holders

Vicissidude writes "Since May, the Programmers Guild has filed 100 complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice, accusing several companies of advertising that they specifically want H-1B workers, a violation of U.S. law. The U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act requires that U.S. jobs must be available to U.S. workers. The complaints stem from ads containing wording such as "We require candidates for H1B from India," and "We sponsor GC [green card] and we do prefer H1B holders," the Programmers Guild said. The Programmers Guild, looking for ads on major online job boards, has so far targeted only ads seeking computer programmers, the guild said. It plans to file 280 more complaints over the next six months."

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Bigotry and Cheap Labor

[Marxist Hacker 42]

Let's see the Free Traitors try to twist their way out of this one- an obvious abuse of the program based on bigotry and the Cheap Labor movement that wants everybody to work for the least wages possible. The Destruction of the Middle Class, wholesale- this is class warfare pure and simple.

From my point of view, CEOs who support this behavior need to be tried for Treason and shot. Then maybe we would get corporate managers that feel some LOYALTY to the country they were BORN IN instead of retiring off shore on the profits stolen from offshoring and inshoring to eliminate the unions.

Re:Bigotry and Cheap Labor

[plasmacutter]

Don't baselessly slap the "rhetoric" label on my argument.

I quoted true figures and pointed out the truth.. (also see any records from the union busting sweat shop ridden political machine dominated US guilded age) Just because I make the argument strongly does not mean it is "emotional rhetoric".. it means it is true and authoritative.

Also, I would be remiss if I didn't point out that anyone can become the owner of a company. It's not an elite club with massive barriers - it's open to all and sundry who are willing to take the risks. That's not to say it's not a shark tank, because it is fiercely competitive.

not true at all.. every major sector of the market is a guantlet of "massive barriers". There are legislative and regulatory barriers (local franchising with telcos/isps, DMCA with media standards used to keep out FOSS and potentially less restrictive competitors), every major company also erects barriers through massive patent portfolios they will not hesitate to unleash against any competitor simply to drive them out of business defending against false infringement claims. I could do weeks of research and make a several hundred meg zip file of all the entry barriers.. but i think anyone from any industry could blow a hole right through it on any industry you name (save for raw food commodities).

Asking everyone to play nice so you can get what you feel you're owed goes against human nature and current economic reality.

that's what the corporations get though.. they get limited liability.. how much more "playing nice" can you get.. the general populace no longer has the right to hold individuals accountable for their immoral and many times illegal decisions so long as its under the company name.

Labor in the mean time gets nothing but less wages for longer hours.. I did a study on this and found that for the past 25 years overdraft rates have been skyrocketing exponentially (and yes they were fully adjusted for inflation). I only wish I had data going back further, but it's very clear that people's real disposable income is falling rapidly while the rich continue to get exponentially richer. So yes.. we do need "play nice" regulation against human nature.. the human nature of greed, power mongering, and moral hazard.

Re:Bigotry and Cheap Labor

[plasmacutter]

But your ranting and amazing felicity for calling everyone who disagrees with you a 'republican shill' makes me doubt your credentials.

ranting eh?

you fall for fox news tactics too do you?

the guy accuses me of doing exactly what he does, does not offer a shred of logic in response to my arguments, and it's my credibility which is questioned.

Whatever, I don't require your approval, but I suggest you take a good long look at how you follow debate if you agree with that pseudointellectual over someone who knows something about the subject.

Re:Wants the impossible

[Tremo]

LOL, this will never be enforced as long as BushCo is in office and the neocons control congress.

Re:MarxistHacker?Racist Repug Minuteman more likel

[Marxist Hacker 42]

Why do you fear immigrant labor?

Because I believe in the New Deal that Roosevelt started- and also believe Ceaser Chaverez when he said increasing the supply of labor is only to reduce the cost of labor.

There are jobs Americans won't/can't do and the H1b visa program partly addresses this issue,at least in the tech world.America needs immigrant labor despite your nativist fears.

There are no jobs an American won't do for the right price. Too bad it costs too much.

Why is it always people of color coming here and working that upsets your types so? Mexicans Asians Africans....Do they threaten your "White Privlege"?

No, I've got enough nonwhite blood in me for that. No-it's what happened to 1/8th of my family in the 1830s when a different wave of immigrants came to Oregon that I'm reminded of- they brought with them Malaria- and within 3 years, 95% of my Kalapayu cousins died. The Mexicans and Asians are just the latest wave of destructive immigration in this nation- and we get further away from that Wealthy People.

Re:USian Terminology

[Foerstner]

In the US, we have websites called "search engines" which allow Americans to research topics they are unfamiliar with. Such websites return links to other pages on the web which relate to the topic input. The results are returned almost instantly, making them much faster than, say, posting a query on Slashdot. Besides providing insight into topics that are country-specific, search engines can connect their users with many other types of information, including obscure scientific and technical topics, records of historical events, analyses of art and literature, and many, many collected personal anecdotes, which are called "blogs."

The most popular Search Engine in the US is called Google, and is operated by a company of the same name. The URL for the Google search engine is http://www.google.com/. If you were to type "H-1B" into this search engine, you would first be directed to this page operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which explains the topic of the H-1B visa in detail.

I hope that "Search Engine" technology, which I know to be very popular in the US and many other countries, is of use to you in whatever nation you apparently reside.