http://www.hireamericansfirst.orgMembers of Hire Americans First allege that H-1b, L-1, and PERM constitute undue and unreasonable government interference in the right to practice in their professions(c) 2008, Hire Americans First. All rights reserved.Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:46:21 GMT120Karen Trevaski worked at Chrylser LLC's technical center in Auburn Hills, Mich., until she was laid off two weeks ago along with 119 other employees. But Trevaski claims that foreign workers with H-1B visas remain on the job at Chrysler, using software systems similar to the one she used to design automotive parts. United Auto Workers Local 412, which represents the laid-off tech workers, is considering whether it should file a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board.http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9063099Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTArticle exposes how State Farm laid off U.S. software professionals then outsourced the work to Indian consulting firm Patni. Patni then paid the Indian developers on H-1b as low as $12 per hour, and required extensive overtime in other to meet their promised salary of $44,000. The Programmers Guild blog has additional analysis: http://programmersguild.blogspot.com/2008/02/businessweek-exposes-how-industry.html http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_06/b4070057782750.htmThu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT(See the discussion thread) New organization www.HireAmericansFirst.org is gearing up to oppose Industry efforts to increase the H-1b visa cap in 2008, and to educate Congress on the harm caused by the H-1b program. Please join us. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/21/105133/863Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe article talks about a survey put out by EDN magazine asking the following questions: 1) I am working on an H1-B visa, and it has been a fantastic opportunity”; “I believe that we are short on qualified engineers in the United States, and I support the idea of increasing the number of H1-B visas 2) My career was harmed when I lost an opportunity to another engineer that was a part of the H1-B program.http://www.edn.com/article/CA6491148.htmlThu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT[WASHINGTON, DC]- U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced "The H-1B and L-1 Visa Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007" to overhaul the H-1B and L-1 visa programs to give priority to American workers...The Durbin-Grassley bill would require all employers to pledge that they have made a good-faith effort to hire American workers first... , the employer must first advertise the job opening for 30 days on a Department of Labor (DOL) website. http://durbin.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=271783Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT[Robert Hoffman, VP for government and public affairs at Oracle (ORCL) and spokesman for Compete America] says that a requirement for U.S. companies to try to hire American workers first doesn't make sense. A requirement to hire Americans first would present particular problems for Indian outsourcing companies that operate in the U.S. Wipro (WIT) and Infosys Technologies (INFY) are among the most active users of H-1B visas, typically to bring Indian employees to work in their U.S. operations....http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2007/db20070326_868213.htmTue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTFive years ago, some unemployed IT workers in Connecticut formed an advocacy group to fight against the H-1B and L-1 visa programs. And the group, called The Organization for the Rights of American Workers (TORAW), was successful in getting visa-reform legislation introduced in Congress. But now TORAW is disbanding, according to John Bauman, president of the Meriden, Conn.-based group. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9053947&intsrc=hm_listFri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMTIt’s not as easy as it sounds. CV (resume) experience is only of limited use here, because great programmers don’t always have the “official” experience to demonstrate that they’re great. In fact, a lot of that CV experience can be misleading. Yet there are a number of subtle cues that you can get, even from the CV, to figure out whether someone’s a great programmer. http://www.inter-sections.net/2007/11/13/how-to-recognise-a-good-programmer/Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTRon Hira hits the industry below the belt will irrefutable facts: H-1B and L-1 guest worker visa programs are vital to their offshore outsourcing business model, as U.S. companies rotate employees for knowledge transfer and to shift work overseas... the wages of new H-1B computer workers dropped 16% from $59,708 in 2002 to $50,000 by 2005 in constant 2005 dollars. http://www.informationweek.com/outsourcing/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205601556Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT