New threat to skilled U.S. workers

The master plan, it seems, is to move perhaps 40 million high-skill American jobs to other countries. U.S. workers have not been consulted.

Princeton economist Alan Blinder predicts that these choice jobs could be lost in a mere decade or two. We speak of computer programming, bookkeeping, graphic design and other careers once thought firmly planted in American soil. For perspective, 40 million is more than twice the total number of people now ... Full Story »

Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Subjects: World, U.S., Business
Member Tags: outsourcing jobs, insourcing labor, visas, H-1B, L-1, prevailing wage, market wage, alleged shortages
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Apr 17, 2007 - 3:03 PM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
4.5
by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The story informs the reader of dirty facts of outsourcing jobs and insourcing cheap labor. The visa system in unmonitored, but corporations are lobbying strongly for expanding it. The scope of the attack on American jobs is shown to be immense.

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Marty Heyman
3.2
by Marty Heyman - Oct. 1, 2008

This story is a strong report of a singe viewpoint. It is not a bad story as it is focusing clearly on the one study and the one voice. It could have been a lot better with more attributed quotes from other voices on both sides of the issues, even if taken from "the literature." However, it lays out the argument clealy and without obvious additional bias.

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Alex Lovell-Troy
2.4
by Alex Lovell-Troy - Oct. 1, 2008

While this article about H1-B visas and outsourcing does present a few well considered points, it lacks any real new information. The information is rehashed and the language is somewhat indignant.

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