Stop the Senate plan to double the number of H1B Visas. .
Petition Background
The Washington Post of March 21st reported that the bipartisan 'Gang of Eight' senators had approved a plan pushed by lobbyists of large US technology companies such as IBM and Intel to double H1B visa allocations.
If this plan was adopted, the prospects for current and perspective American IT workers would become even bleaker than now. Not only would they face being displaced by a wave of cheaper foreign workers, foreign companies use the H1B visa to allow their workers to come to the US and be trained by the American workers they are displacing.
If we wish to keep the promise of middle-class jobs for any more than a tiny minority of Americans, we must stop the Gang of Eight's plan.
PETITION - Don't Let The Gang of Eight Kill American Jobs
If you would like to help U.S. workers get back to work:
1. Please sign the above petition.
2. Please CALL (don't write) the offices of your senators and representatives, and make FOLLOWUP calls.
3. Ask your senators to consider co-signing senate bill S.600, a bill introducing some limitations on the use of the H-1B guest worker visa. This bill requires all companies to make a good faith effort to hire American workers first, before considering foreign workers. Why would any elected official be against this?
Remember, congress relies 10% on well-stated arguments and 90% on pressure. That pressure must come from us.
It ought to be easy for the above petition to get 1,000 signatures in a short time. Believe it or not, even that small number (relative to the U.S. population) would have an impact. Tell your friends!