Tech Worker Groups Boycott IBM, Infosys, Manpower

itwbennett writes: "Three U.S. tech worker groups have launched a labor boycott of IBM, Infosys and Manpower, saying the companies have engaged in a pattern that discourages U.S. workers from applying for U.S. IT jobs by tailoring employment ads toward overseas workers. For its part, Infosys disputed the charges, saying that 'it is incorrect to allude that we exclude or discourage U.S. workers. Today, we are recruiting for over 440 active openings across 20 states in the U.S.' Representatives from IBM and Manpower didn't respond to requests for comment on the boycott."

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Why hasn't the State-run Media mentioned this?

[Squidlips]

Why hasn't the state-run media (i.e. the networks and major newspapers) ever even mentioned "U.S. tech worker groups". This is the first I have ever heard of it. It is about time..

Nativism

[DNS-and-BIND]

Nativism is the political position of demanding a favored status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants.

Someone explain to me why people who just happened to be born in the bounds of an arbitrary nation should have ANY advantages over someone who was not. In fact, precisely the opposite argument can be made: those who were disadvantaged by birth should get all the advantages when it comes to being employed in the USA.

"Tech worker groups" sounds suspiciously like whites and Asians to me. Why should these high-IQ groups receive advantages when so many other groups don't? They don't need any advantages, they already have them in the form of a culture that values education and two-parent families. It sounds a hell of a lot like racism to me. What would Maya Angelou say about the situation?