Malcolm Greene wrote:
> http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/4480
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Malcolm,
I've been a big fan of Lou Dobbs' exposing of this and other "selling
out America" kinds of stories. I'm glad he's "on the beat" so to
speak. This part below:
"This fight is NOT between American engineers and H-1B engineers.
Tech companies have abused American engineers by replacing them with
H-1B engineers, but they have also abused the very same H-1B visa
holders. H-1Bs are *paid less
<http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/outsourcing/story/0,10801,107442,00.html>*,
asked to work free overtime, cannot easily change jobs, and have the
constant Damoclean Sword of deportation if they get fired. In
addition, law firms and job shops such as Wipro take large portions
of their salary for doing paperwork. Plus there are many other visa
loops they and their families have to jump through just to stay in
America. With proper H-1B reform, the quality of life for H-1B
holders should dramatically improve."
....reminds me that my position hasn't necessarily been "keep 'em out"
but rather, keep it all equal. If you want to bring them over here,
then 1) they'd better be more qualified than the US engineer you're
selling down the river, and 2) pay them the same salary you'd pay Joe
American Engineer. And, if they were to pay them less, then there
should be some sort of tax/levy that allows the company to save money on
the bottom line but put a portion of those savings back into the
retraining of the American workforce to help keep America working...and
improving, rather than have Joe Unemployed taking tax dollars via
Unemployment Compensation and/or welfare of any sort, including losing
his health insurance and screwing him and his family if he has one.
I just want it to be fair across the board...that's all.
The part about the politics and Bush at Dupont reminds me that all
politicians seem to play to whomever they're speaking....instead of
holding fast on the real issues.
--
Michael J. Babcock, MCP
MB Software Solutions, LLC
http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com
http://fabmate.com
"Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!"
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