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durkermaker (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-10 10:59 AM Original message |
H-1B at 20: How the 'tech worker visa' is remaking IT in America |
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durkermaker (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. 8 years into the program, it really became a sledgehammer on American workers |
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durkermaker (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. i see the 'unrec' squad has arrived |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-10 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. These Visa Holders are now being brought in at 3/4 to 1/2 the |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Problem could be solved by requiring them to be paid at EXACTLY the same rate. |
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durkermaker (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. but glutted supply still lowers 'prevailing wage' nt |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Supposedly this was always the case. Of course what happened is, since the companies |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. This has always been nothing more than an effort to cut IT pay |
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durkermaker (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. it's an effort to cut ALL pay, because it removes IT as a place to go |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. Good article. I found the interviews with the 5 IT workers especially revealing. K&R. |
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durkermaker (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
10. this is a lead weight on the entire job market |
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durkermaker (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. H-1b has exposed millions of Americans to a treatment formerly reserved for those who had actually |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Do you want to close the country down? Close borders? No immigrants? |
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