H-1B Visas
5/30/04- Wisconsin Shoemaker Keeps Factory in America!
John Stollenwerk, President of American Shoemaker Allen-Edmonds, was not preparing to send his operations overseas. Instead, Mr. Stollenwerk gambled on staying put and reconfigurin...
Continue reading
5/30/04- Outsourcing Ax Falls Hard On Tech Workers!
The practice of requiring U.S. workers to train their replacements has become a flashpoint in the intensifying debate over "offshoring" jobs to other countries and the use of tempo...
Continue reading
5/29/04- SBC Strikes Deal With CWA Union on Offshoring!
The CWA adds that the deal includes rehiring of "several hundred workers who had been laid off at SBC Southwest and SBC Midwest," and that the carrier has agreed to cooperate to re...
Continue reading
5/28/04- California Assembly Bill Sets Offshoring Limits!
The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Carol Liu, D-South Pasadena, is aimed at addressing controversial situations such as the use of customer assistance call centers in India and M...
Continue reading
5/17/04- Illinois Outsourcing Bill is Watered Down!
"Some Illinois lawmakers have joined the fight against overseas outsourcing, but critics say they're pulling their punches. It's a watered-down version of a bill introduced by Sen....
Continue reading
5/16/04- Bush Fund-Raising Run From India Call Center!
"For 14 months between May 16, 2002 and July 22, 2003, HCL BPO Services, the 100 percent owned subsidiary of Shiv Nadar promoted HCL Technologies, had some 125 agents working in se...
Continue reading
5/14/04- A Plan to Stop Outsourcing! :By Bob Charlanza
"Start a grassroots political movement to get our elected politicians in the state and nation to write legislation prohibiting any job outsourcing when taxpayer money is involved i...
Continue reading
5/14/04- In The Real West Wing, No Action on Outsourcing!
"There is no easy, all-encompassing solution. Probably the real answer is the one expressed by CNN's Lou Dobbs, who has become a leading media critic of shipping jobs abroad. He th...
Continue reading
5/13/04- A Great Sucking Sound From India!
"I always thought that the U.S. Senate and House were supposed to represent the USA!, not India." Download Commentary by Chris Chatwood in PDF format....
Continue reading
5/13/04- As Jobs Go Global, Govt. Can't Afford to Sit Still!
"Putting one's head in the sand and pretending everyone will benefit from globalization is foolish. The problem with globalization today is precisely that a few may benefit and a m...
Continue reading