Today, you have the opportunity to learn the truth about offshore labor contractors and their dependence upon US laws. After all, offshore labor contractors have told their investors about their reliance on employer visa programs. Shouldn't Democrats be told what offshore investors are told in SEC filings?
...Tata, a major offshore labor contractor reports a
reliance on work visas for a significant number of technology professionals makes us particularly vulnerable
to changes in visa laws.
No nation can be strong when employers can legally ignore local talent and displace citizens and other legal residents. Will we move forward into the new year clinging stubbornly to tech lobbyists' lies? Or is it time right now, today, to step up and tell it like it is?
These US laws were written by American lobbyists and passed by an American Congress for American companies. Only the American public can convince Congress to overturn, reform, or correct these laws. It's that simple. Durbin's bill, SB 1035, will force employers to seek local talent and prevent companies from displacing Americans with these privatized foreign workers. This law needs to be re-introduced in the new Congress.
This video is part of a talk sponsored by the Economic Policy Institute.
FYI, Ron Hira, an expert on offshore labor contracting, uses the term "labor market test". This is DOL terminology for EEO - requiring employers to consider the US workforce for their US job openings before recruiting globally. Hira quotes the DOL's Strategic Plan, Fiscal Years 2006-2011 (pg. 35):
...H-1B workers may be hired even when a qualified U.S. worker wants the job, and a U.S. worker can be displaced from the job in favor of the foreign worker.
If you've offshored jobs, returned jobs from offshore, or have been trained to bypass the US workforce when recruiting to fill job openings -- now is your chance to tell your story to Democratic activists.
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