A GRAND, GOOD FIGHT TO DEFEND THE HONOR OF AMERICAN LABOR, TALENT AND OPPORTUNITY
These want ads dispel the myth that American companies recruit locally before going abroad for their top-dollar, white collar job openings. The slideshow takes a moment to load. Mouse over the red button to see the "h-1b only" want ads.
Kudos to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis for addressing the heart of H-1B employer program: there is NO requirement that corporations seek local talent before recruiting abroad.
Video: Liberal Think Tanks Report Glut of US Sci & Tech Grads -
The Urban Institute reports between 1985 and 2000, the US workforce produced 3 times the number of tech and science grads than jobs they were trained to do.
According to the study, Americans and green card holders received 435,000 Bachelors, Masters, and PhD.'s in science, engineering and computer science yearly from 1985 to 2000. However, the economy could only produce 150,000 jobs annually for these graduates during the same period. That's a defict of 280,000 jobs annually. High-tech employers couldn't produce enough jobs for 4.2 million STEM graduates, with two-thirds of these graduates never able to practice their craft. Separate studies by Harvard University, Duke University, the Rand Corp, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation also report an oversupply of STEM graduates.
The H1-B visa-hiring program allows American high-tech firms to bypass these graduates and recruit only citizens from abroad. Help us pass the Durbin-Grassley H & L Reform Act of 2007 by donating here.
Posted by Donna Conroy
at 12:00 AM on Dec-01-2007
Senate Bill Gives U.S. Workers First Dibs on H-1B Jobs -
Senate Bill Gives U.S. Workers First Dibs on H-1B Jobs "Introduction of this bill explodes the myth that these job openings had to be competed on the domestic job market first," said Donna Conroy, of brightfuturejobs.org, a Chicago-based lobbying IT and white-collar lobbying group. "The H-1B and L-1 visa programs are a license to exclude U.S. workers for at least a quarter-of-a million, top-dollar, white-collar jobs per year." Click To Read More
CNN Interview with Donna Conroy, Director
Cook County Urges H1-B Reform Aired Sept. 19, 2007
Cook County Urges H1-B Reform
September 18, 2007
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...
You can restore equal opportunity to the US workforce. Start by inviting your Senator to co-sponsor (S887) "The H-1B and L-1 Visa Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007". It will reform the H1-B hiring program in three important ways:
requires employers to recruit from the US workforce first
requires employers to attest that the H-1B visa holder will not displace an American worker for 6 months before and after
requires that companies advertise the job opening for 30 days on the DOL web site before resorting to the H1-B program
won't allow companies to offshore or act as labor contractors using visa staff
will give DOL oversight and investigative capabilities over the H-1b program
will give Dept. of Homeland Security oversight and investigative campabilities over the L-1 program
