A tech labor shortage myth? Exploring the H-1B visa debate

(Blog Post) Labor leaders and some experts contend that the high-tech labor shortage is a myth.

"The industry claim to need H-1Bs to remedy a labor shortage is false. Their claim that the H-1Bs are 'the best and the brightest,' needed to keep American firms innovative, is also false in the vast majority of cases. Instead, the employers' goal is use H-1Bs as a source of cheap labor," Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Apr 3, 2009 - 1:01 PM PDT
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The dirty backstory on abuse of H-1B visas and imported cheap labor are seldom reported in the corporate friendly media. The posts here in the blog get some of that story from informed and enterprising participants.

Boeing’s engineering union, SPEEA, is in a unique position to comment on the issue: It is one of few unions in the country that represents ... More »

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