Articles by Author: stisza
Seek Local Talent First--The Right Fix for H1-b Discrimination
"The H1-B should be reserved only for those companies who say they cannot find somebody in that particular field," said President Obama to Jennifer Wedel, the wife of an unemployed...
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Labor Dept. Issues New Rules For H-2B Guest Workers
The Labor Department on Friday unveiled rules that reshape a program for foreign migrants in work other than agriculture, which officials said would strengthen protections for thos...
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Changes are Coming! How will the New Interest Rates Impact My Pension?
An educational retirement workshop for AT&T Employees & Recent Retirees ? How will the PPA Interest Rate affect my Lump Sum? ? What is the difference between r...
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CWA Activists ?Stand Up, Fight Back? At CWA Legislative Political Conference
More than 700 CWA activists covered Capitol Hill as part of CWA's Legislative-Political conference in Washington. Their message to senators, representatives and staff: we're fighti...
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Grassley: High-Skilled American Workers Struggling to Find Jobs
For Immediate Release February 7, 2012 WASHINGTON ? Senator Chuck Grassley said today that he is concerned that President Obama doesn?t understand the difficulty tha...
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State Department Does The Right Thing, Kicks Abusive Labor Recruiter Out of Student J-1 Visa Program
We commend Secretary Clinton for acting to prevent the exploitation of foreign student-workers. The State Department is also considering a number of additional changes to the progr...
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Obama?s High-Tech Labor Lies- By: David Sirota
To be sure, it?s impossible to know if President Obama is simply ignorant of these facts, or merely doesn?t want to acknowledge them, for fear of alienating his campaign donors in ...
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Grassley: High-Skilled American Workers Struggling to Find Jobs
For Immediate Release February 7, 2012 WASHINGTON ? Senator Chuck Grassley said today that he is concerned that President Obama doesn?t understand the difficulty tha...
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Fired Just For Being American
Attorney James Otto filed a pioneering lawsuit against Long Beach, Calif.?s Molina Healthcare, Inc., alleging that the 21 clients he is representing were fired because they were Am...
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2012 WILLIAM A. LEE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
The Chicago Federation of Labor will offer five (5) academic-based scholarships and five (5) random-drawing scholarships in the amount of $2,000 to students graduating from a Chica...
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