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Sen. Blumenthal Demands Lifting of IT 'Gag' Order (computerworld.com)

Posted by timothy on from the truth-should-always-be-a-defense dept.

dcblogs writes: U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the layoff and replacement of IT workers by foreign workers at a state energy utility. But he is also demanding that the utility, Eversource Energy, drop a particularly restrictive non-disparagement clause that laid off employees had to sign to receive their severance. This clause bars discussion "that would tend to disparage or discredit" the utility. [emphasis added] He wants the employees, who had to train foreign replacements, to be able to state "honestly what happened to them."

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  1. Time for unions! by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Time for unions! and time for enforce the H1-B laws.

  2. Re:can't the state do something about this? by PPH · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can't the state introduce some regulations

    I'm pretty sure that the company (or any company faced with the same) will just cry "Muh interstate commerce!" and try to slide out from under any state regulations. Hence the feds.

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  3. Re:Rajiv.. by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nervous? Not really, just updated my resume'

    Finding a new job while you're employed is much easier than finding a new job while unemployed.

  4. Re:Congressional Testimony by L.+J.+Beauregard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Won't happen. Congressional hearings are for witch hunts against "Democrat Party" officials, not violations of labor law.

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  5. Your simple solution doesn't work by rsilvergun · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They'll hide it all in a web of contractors, which is exactly what they're doing now. If all else fails they'll fall back on the 'gig' economy and just move the goal post.They'll win, you'll lose. Because you play the game a few yours a day on /. while they do it for a living.

    It's like Wargames (if you're old enough to know what that is): The only way to win is not to play. What you really want is tariffs and protectionism, but after 50 years of the right wing (economically speaking) press vilifying them nobody can bring themselves to say it. You will note that China and India both rely heavily on tariffs. They've worked for hundreds of years at their intended purpose of purpose.

    Eliminate the H1-B program. For the few real geniuses we want have a lengthy peer review process to prevent the diploma mill graduate loophole. Raise taxes on import goods made with slave labor. Redistribute the wealth in the form of socialized medicine, free education, infrastructure programs and basic income. Lather, rinse repeat. These things work. That's why the 1% is frightened of them; and it's why they want you to be frightened too.

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  6. Top H1B visa companies 2015 by h8sg8s · · Score: 5, Informative

    Infosys Limited 4875
    Ibm India Private Limited 2757
    Wipro Limited 2008
    Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1699
    Ernst Young Us Llp 1268
    Microsoft Corp 1222
    Deloitte Consulting Lp 1161
    Accenture 1043
    Hcl America Inc 865
    Ust Global Inc 600
    Ibm 553
    Larsen Toubro Infotech Limited 517
    Igate Technologies Inc 491
    Amazon Corporate Llc 447
    Cognizant Technology Solutions U S 439
    Marlabs Inc 374
    Syntel Consulting Inc 367
    Qualcomm Technologies 306
    Tech Mahindra (Americas),inc. 305
    Apple Inc 300
    J P Morgan Chase 289
    Oracle America Inc 282

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