CNN Interview with Donna Conroy, Director
Cook County Urges H1-B Reform
One of the largest county governments in the nation voted on Tuesday to open the H-1B visa-hiring program to US citizens and legal residents – in opposition to 13 governors who earlier this week urged Congress to expand the program, without ever requiring employers to seek local talent for top-dollar, white-collar jobs. more...
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NYT:"Court Orders Three H1-B Sites Disabled," Dec. 29, 2009 The routine intimidation of Indian tech workers has now been directed at American tech workers who wouldn't snitch on an Indian tech worker, threatening all Americans' free speech on the Internet.
New Jersey and Free Speech: "The action has labor rights activists, free speech activists, and even some beneficiaries of the H1-B visa program united in voicing opposition to the court decision," according to an editorial in the Oakland Journal, a local New Jersey paper.
Businessweek:"Jobs and Protectionism in the Stimulus Package," February 16, 2009 Critics of the H-1B program hailed the inclusion of the amendment as a victory. "The demand to reform corporate recruiting policies that ignore highly skilled local talent now moves center stage," says Donna Conroy, director of Brightfuturejobs.com, a lobbying group for visa reform.
Businessweek: "H-1b Visa Season is Here", March 31, 2009: On Mar. 31, Bright Future Jobs, a U.S. tech worker lobbying group, posted on its Web site 13 advertisements for jobs in which the employer designated a preference for H-1B visa workers or targeted them specifically for the positions, according to the Web site.
Businessweek:"H-1B Visa Law: Trying Again", April 24.2009: U.S. tech worker advocates praised these and other provisions in the bill. "We're thrilled that Senators Durbin and Grassley are requiring employers to seek local talent first," says Donna Conroy, executive director of Bright Future Jobs, a lobbying group for U.S. tech workers. "They recognize that American IT professionals have the talent, knowhow, and experience to push America's economic recovery into high gear."
Businessweek: "An Academic's Labor Helps Fight H-1B Visas," June 28, 2009
Anti-H-1B activists say they're worried less about academic research and more about shaping policy. "The thing that's missing in Norm Matloff's strategy is fighting for a seat at the table," says Donna Conroy, executive director of Bright Future Jobs, a lobbying group that advocates restricting the H-1B visa program. "We need a political movement that allows us to help craft legislation. All the numbers [Matloff] crunches won't have nearly the impact as American technical professionals standing up for themselves."
CIO MAGAZINE: "H-1b Reform Bill Could Complicate Offshore Outsourcing,"
Many rank-and-file IT professionals laud the legislation. "The Durbin bill will put a stop to the outsourcing of American jobs and the discrimination against American IT professionals," says Donna Conroy, a former IT professional and director of Bright Future Jobs, a grassroots lobbying group for American IT workers. "This bill was written for us."
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Pass on the Good News
American 4th and 8th graders matched their classmates in Germany in the latest round of TIMSS, the prestigious math and science international test. – New York Times, 12/09/08
But Silicon Valley CEOs blame the children as part of their plan to destroy the American dream of upward mobility.
:: We’ve got an over abundance of experienced tech professionals and an oversupply of new science & technology graduates whom we have paid dearly to educate. But companies are bypassing this US talent – and even displacing Americans from their jobs in favor of citizens from abroad - and it's legal!
S. 887 will remove the handcuffs that have long prevented effective federal policing of H-1B job outsourcing based on discrimination against US workers. And give us a chance to compete for job openings in our own country. Join us in the fight to win back American tech jobs. -- Donna Conroy, executive director of Bright Future Jobs.
Below are 5 companies that hired abroad first, then laid off Americans and green-card holders.
American co. hiring abroad first, then laying off workers at home
Name
FY ’09
FY ‘08
Change
Layoffs in 2009*
Microsoft
1,318
1,037
27%
5,000
Intel
723
351
106%
6,000 worldwide
Ernst & Young LLP
481
321
50%
targeted reductions
Goldman Sachs
236
211
13%
3200 in 4th quarter ‘08
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These immigration lawyers are caught training HR professionals how to gut the spirit of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, a part of the PERM green card process.
Executive director of Bright Future Jobs speaks out on the radio
:: NEW!!! Visit On the Radio highlighting podcasts and radio across the country with Donna Conroy. She asks "Why lower the deficit by cutting services, education, etc when we can lower the deficit by hiring American citizens and green card holders for these top, dollar white-collar jobs?" A discussion of corporate visa programs and how they are hurting the economy and destroying American jobs with Danny Schechter on NewsDissector Radio Podcast.
American citizens and green card holders need not apply
The slideshow that woke up congress last year when it proved that there are many jobs Americans never see -- want ads for jobs right here at home. Many H-1B jobs are set aside for foreign workers and never made available for Americans to apply for.
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American 4th and 8th graders matched their classmates in Germany in the latest round of TIMSS, the prestigious math and science international test. – 
:: We’ve got an over abundance of experienced tech professionals and an oversupply of new science & technology graduates whom we have paid dearly to educate. But companies are bypassing this US talent – and even displacing Americans from their jobs in favor of citizens from abroad - and it's legal!
