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"High-Tech Workers Awaiting Green Cards Hire Lobbyists, Hit the Hill

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The Information Technology Professionals Association of America (ITPAA), a high-tech advocacy group based in Wilmington, Delaware has handed out its first Weasel Award of 2006 to Senate hopeful Harris Miller (Democrat) of Virginia. The organization, representing over 1,200 professionals nationally, presents the award to business and political leaders that it believes betrays the trust of the American people and threatens America’s standing in the technology sector.

"http://modernpatriot.blogspot.com/2006/04/afl-cio-union-miller-is-anti-worker.html

This document was transmitted to me with permission to publish by Marcus Courtney, President of "Washtech", Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, Communications Workers of America, Local 37083, AFL-CIO.
--Info_Tech_Guy


FACT SHEET
HARRIS MILLER: ANTI-WORKER HIRED GUN

The following is an outline of some of the activities of Harris Miller—announced Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Virginia—in his former capacity as President of the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)

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"http://modernpatriot.blogspot.com/2006/04/afl-cio-union-opposes-miller.html

This letter was transmitted to me with permission to publish by Marcus Courtney, President of "WashTech", the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, Communications Workers of America, Local 37083, AFL-CIO. As Michael Gildea, the Executive Director of the DPEA, AFL-CIO makes clear, Harris Miller is the enemy of American labor. Harris Miller is not a "good Democrat".
--Info_Tech_Guy

"...Miller is truly one of the bad guys. Over and over again on core issues like trade, immigration, overtime protections and privatization of federal jobs, he’s not only been on the wrong side, he’s been galvanizing corporate efforts against us.""

"Most See Visa Program as Severely Flawed

By S. Mitra Kalita
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 31, 2006; D01

Somewhere in the debate over immigration and the future of illegal workers, another, less-publicized fight is being waged over those who toil in air-conditioned offices, earn up to six-figure salaries and spend their days programming and punching code.
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"(As I predicted, the fight is in the House of Representatives. Emails to Congress opposing the H-1b are absolutely critical now. Letters and phone calls are even better. With out them we will lose. However if you, and everyone you know, email Congress we have a chance if stop this. That includes your spouses, kids over the age of 18, coworkers, friends, and neighbors. Here is URL again for emails Congress. http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/H1B

I went ahead an emailed Congress not only for myself but also, after I asked them, some of my family members. Please consider doing the same thing especially if you have college aged children. They won't get jobs if this passes.

- jgm)

H-1B visas hit roadblock in Congress
By Anne Broache
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"Congress urged to limit H-1B visa program
Two workers who testified say it hurts home-grown IT workers

News Story by Grant Gross

MARCH 30, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Two U.S. technology workers today urged Congress not to increase the cap on skilled foreign workers allowed to come into the country each year, saying that more immigrants would hurt home-grown IT experts.
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"Democrat outsourcing inquiry defeated

The House Science Committee defeated a Resolution of Inquiry, H Res 717, introduced by Democrats demanding that the Department of Commerce release a report on outsourcing, by a vote of 19-14. But a motion to report the resolution adversely failed on a tie vote of 17-17, so the Committee will need to hold another markup next week.

We are all concerned about jobs for hardworking Americans. It is difficult for me to understand how this committee can seriously talk about bolstering America s global competitive position if, in the next breath, we claim not to want the most sophisticated analysis done by the Federal Government on what is happening with American jobs in high-tech fields, Rep. Bart Gordon, D-TN, the committee s Ranking Member and sponsor of the resolution.

Republicans on the committee dismissed the inquiry as partisan political gamesmanship. [T]here s no policy at stake in the resolution before us today. It has nothing to do with taking action in response to outsourcing. It s only about scoring political points related to a report. The release of that report wouldn't create a single new job although its sponsors may hope the debate over it creates new jobs for some Democrat candidates, said Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert, R-NY.

Boehlert also claimed that the resolution was unnecessary because all of the information in the DoC report had already been provided to the National Academy of Public Administration for its more extensive investigation into outsourcing. But the Democrats said that they had interviewed the DoC analysts who worked on the report, who said that they had spoken with NAPA, but had not made their data available.

Other sites House Science Committee press release. Democrats press release. "

"With Three Million Manufacturing Jobs Lost in the U.S. in the Last Five Years, Where Will Your Grandchildren Be Working?

PRNewswire

TROPHY CLUB, Texas, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The following was released today by Tony Harvill of Revitalizing American Manufacturing Consulting:

Tony Harvill insists that U.S. manufacturing jobs do not have to go overseas. However, right now, American manufacturing companies are not doing enough to stop the job drain. They're taking the easy road out and have given up. Meanwhile millions of middle class workers continue to suffer in this country. Their grandchildren don't have a chance.
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"(Revealing article from an Indian newspaper on how Indians view the L1 visa. The last statement in the article is particularly illuminating. - jgm)

Worried about H-1B visa? Take the L1 route
SUDHIR SHAH
Indian Times

[ MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2006 12:00:01 AM]
President Bush’s visit to India has come as a shot in the arm for Indians aspiring to work in America. There are hopes that the present annual cap of 65,000 for H-1B visas will now be increased. While President Bush was very positive on the need for US to continue attracting the best and the brightest from India, the decision on any change in H1B work permit numbers actually rests with Congress.
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"WashTech News

Congress Considers Massive H-1b Visa Expansion, Gates Tells Congress It’s Microsoft’s Top Priority
By Marcus Courtney

Seattle-Congress is contemplating legislation that would allow up to 600,000 skilled professional guest workers to enter the U.S. in a single year. This would be the biggest one time expansion of the controversial H-1b visa program ito date.
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"(Of those testifying John Miano is on our side. He is the one who did the wage and comparison study of H-1bs entitled "The Bottom of the pay scale". You can find it at http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/back1305.html, The study shows how badly H-1bs are underpaid and it also explains why you folks in IT have not be getting pay raises very often.

It's worth taking a look at. especially if you ever want to win a argument with some fool who thinks H-1bs are good. By the way if you haven't emailed Congress yet now would be a good time.After all, it's only your career that is on the line.
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"Q & A with Marcus Courtney on H1-B visas
By Jeff Nachtigal for WashTech News

WashTech President Marcus Courtney attended a CWA conference in Washington D.C. in March, just as details about Rep. Arlen Specter’s (R-Penn.) plan to expand the H1-B guest worker program to 115,000 visas were released.
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"Tech services company Unisys sells stake, starts layoffs of 3,600 people (10%) worldwide

Tuesday, March 21, 2006
By Deborah Yao, The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA -- Unisys Corp., the struggling technology services and hardware firm, said yesterday that it has sold its stake in a Japanese distributor and will use the proceeds to start the layoffs of 3,600 employees worldwide, or 10 percent of its work force.
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"Globalization-resistant careers

By Marty Nemko

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | US's News's March 27 cover story, Can America Keep Up,? warns us that many Americans are fiddling while Rome is burning: "Nicholas Donofrio, IBM's No. 2 executive, told a gathering of colleagues and clients earlier this month. 'We have no right to the standard of living we have. It can disappear as fast as it came." Roy Singham, CEO of Thoughtworks, an international software consultancy added, "When you're in college drinking beer and watching the Super Bowl, your counterpart in China is on his fourth book."
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"Vendors And Politicians Create More Tech Jobs For Foreign Workers

Tech companies expand overseas while Congress considers allowing more foreign workers into the country.

By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee Paul McDougall
InformationWeek

Mar 27, 2006 12:01 AM

Whether in U.S. offices or overseas facilities, hundreds of thousands of additional foreign-born tech pros will likely be working for American companies in the near future.
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"The Hollowing Out of America

RISMEDIA, March 23, 2006—Outsourcing middle income jobs overseas is devastating for REITs, institutional and individual office and industrial building owners, a leading expert in corporate site selection told a news conference at National Manufacturer’s Week.
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"Retraining laid-off workers, but for what?
By LOUIS UCHITELLE The New York Times

SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2006
Layoffs have disrupted the lives of millions of Americans over the last 25 years. The cure that these displaced workers are offered - retraining and more education - is heralded as a sure path to new and better-paying careers. But often that policy prescription does not work, as this book excerpt explains. It is adapted from "The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences" by Louis Uchitelle, an economics writer for The New York Times. Knopf will publish the book on Tuesday.
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"Homeland Security probes L-1 visa abuses
Office of the Inspector General finds significant flaws in overseas hiring program


By Ephraim Schwartz

March 21, 2006
In the course of my research for a column on misuse of the L-1A and L-1B visa program for temporary workers in the United States, I was alerted to the Inspector General’s report published in January of this year by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), titled “Review of Vulnerabilities and Potential Abuses of the L-1 Visa Program."
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"Software and mortgage companies violate immmigration laws

By TODD MCHALE
Burlington County Times

CINNAMINSON — A local software company and a northern New Jersey mortgage company have been found in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act and ordered to pay back wages to more than a dozen specialized foreign workers.
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"Government offshore report becomes political hot potato
House Democrats want a Commerce Dept. report on the effects of outsourcing released

News Story by Patrick Thibodeau

MARCH 24, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Democrats on the U.S. House Science Committee are demanding that the U.S. Department of Commerce release the complete version of a study that examined the impact of globalization and offshoring on U.S. jobs.
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"Offshoring cited in Florida data leak
Florida state workers warned that their personal data could be vulnerable as state's HR system was improperly handed over to a company in India.

By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service, 03/24/06

Florida state employees are being warned that their personal information may have been compromised after work on the state's People First payroll and human resources system was improperly subcontracted to a company in India.
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U.S. Hiring Hong Kong Co. to Scan Nukes By TED BRIDIS and JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writers
Thu Mar 23, 6:02 PM ET



In the aftermath of the Dubai ports dispute, the Bush administration is hiring a Hong Kong conglomerate to help detect nuclear materials inside cargo passing through the Bahamas to the United States and elsewhere.
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"The Times of India Online
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Wipro fires employees for faking CVs
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BANGALORE: Wipro has just fired some employees for faking their CVs. It has also filed police complaints against several recruitment agencies for helping these employees falsify CV information.
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