Actually, I'd be happy about the H1B workers if the prevailing wage requirement was actually enforced.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Howard Rifkind <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2026 11:23 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Government finally sees the problem..... External Message: Use Caution No, all too many H1B’s out there already. There are many qualified USA people available to fill open tech jobs, Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2026, at 08:11, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Adam Smith is a socialist now? > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of > Dick Williams <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2026 12:14 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Government finally sees the problem..... > > > External Message: Use Caution > > > This is hilarious. You guys used to be huge capitalists. Now that capitalism > has come for you, suddenly socialism is looking better. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Friday, May 29, 2026, 4:08 AM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also, the rules should allow an H1B employee to change jobs without penalty > if he is not being paid the prevailing wage, there are unhealthy working > conditions or there are unsafe working conditions. That would make some of > the unenforced legal provisions self policing. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of > Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2026 10:59 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Government finally sees the problem..... > > > External Message: Use Caution > > >> On Thu, 28 May 2026 14:08:22 -0400, Steve Thompson wrote: >> >> The following was sent to me from the Indiana Attorney General's >> office: >> >> "...is leading a coalition of 13 states in support of a U.S. >> Department of Labor proposed rule to raise prevailing wage >> requirements for foreign workers in the H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, and >> PERM programs. The change aims to better protect American jobs, >> wages, and working conditions from the displacement and wage >> arbitrage caused by the current H-1B system." >> .... > I agree. I'd agree even more strongly if it were scrubbed of > nationalism. Equal pay for equal work should apply alike > regardless of demographics. > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
