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."
Press Releases
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Going Political-Not Postal (Huffington Post) Donna Conroy, Executive Director of Bright Future Jobs posts her first blog on Huffingtonpost.com.
Mar-24-2010 More
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Did "No Arrogant Americans Need Apply" originate in India? While Viva USA is taking the heat- and apologizing - for sending an insulting want ad referring to “arrogant American[s]”, it may have originated from their offshore development center, Savvysoft Technologies, located in India.
Feb-25-2010 More
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Intimidation of Foreign Workers Now Aimed at Americans: Facebook, Yahoo, Comcast Drawn In Donna Conroy, Director of Bright Future Jobs and John Doe, the administrator of Endh1b.com named in the suit
comment on the New Jersey order, Apex Technology Group vs. John Does.
Dec-25-2009 More
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H-1B Want Ads Show that American Corporations are Giving 1st Crack at US Jobs to Foreign Workers H-1B Want ads specifically targeting current H-1B work visa holders or foreign citizens eligible for the H-1B program dispel the myth that US companies recruit locally before going abroad for their top-dollar, white collar job openings.
Mar-31-2009 More
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Veteran Campaigner to Reform H-1b Sees Victory in Stimulus "This is the first victory in a rapidly growing movement against the exclusion of the US workforce from 85,000 jobs annually. At no time in the decade preceding the current economic crisis did we H-1b opponents imagine..."
Feb-13-2009 More
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85,000 H-1B Jobs Exclude Americans; 78,000 Left in Doubt Ending the concealment of over 78,000 technical and professional job openings left unfilled in the H-1B lottery was demanded today of House leadership by Brightfuturejobs.com.
Apr-09-2008 More
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Will H1-B immigration debacle be fixed? ...a small organization dedicated to helping American workers get jobs for which American companies are now importing foreign immigrants has uncovered a 2006 document demonstrating
Oct-18-2007 More
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County Board Urges Reform of H-1B Requiring Employers to Seek US Talent First On September 18, 2007,one of the nation’s largest county government bodies voted 7 to 0 to open the H-1b visa-hiring program to US citizens and legal residents.
Sep-18-2007 More
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Technology Activist Pans the Myth that Americans Can't Cut-it in Technology Donna Conroy, a veteran campaigner to reform H-1B, offers her comments on the new report, ''Low Salaries for Low Skills: Wages and Skill Levels for H-1B Computer Workers, 2005,'' by John Miano and the Center for Immigration Studies.
May-23-2007 More
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H-1B Senate Reform Bill SB 1035 Reveals Hidden US Job Discrimination in IT Employment Employers claim that they can't find qualified Americans to fill technology jobs. The H-1B and L-1 Visa Fraud and Prevention Act of 2007", submitted in the Senate, explodes that myth by forcing employers to seek local talent.
Apr-05-2007 More
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