Toys 'R' Us Brings Temporary Foreign Workers to U.S. to Move Jobs Overseas
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/us/toys-r-us-brings-temporary-foreign-workers-to-us-to-move-jobs-overseas.html?_r=0
In recent years, however, global outsourcing and
consulting firms have obtained thousands of temporary visas to
bring in foreign workers who have taken over jobs that had been
held by American workers. The Labor Department has opened an
investigation of possible visa violations by contractors at the
Walt Disney Company and at Southern California Edison, where
immigrants replaced Americans in jobs they were doing in this
country. Four former workers at Disney have filed discrimination
complaints against the company. The companies say they have
complied with all applicable laws. But the Toys "R" Us layoffs
-- and others underway now at the New York Life Insurance
Company and other businesses -- go further. They are examples of
how global outsourcing companies are using temporary visas to
bring in foreign workers who do not appear to have exceptional
skills -- according to interviews with a dozen current or former
employees of Toys "R" Us and New York Life -- to help ship out
jobs, mainly to India.
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And remember, it's at least partly due to cheap, Internet-based
international communications that this has become practical.
--Lauren--
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