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From an article in Computerworld:
Ten U.S. senators, representing the political spectrum, are seeking a federal investigation into displacement of IT workers by H-1B-using contractors.
They are asking the U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the Labor Department to investigate the use of the H-1B program "to replace large numbers of American workers" at Southern California Edison (SCE) and other employers.
Rather than all of us just griping on Soylent and 'that other site' about H-1B tech workers flooding in while there are plenty of Americans looking for work, these IT workers had a union, and got the attention of 10 senators to look into this issue. Southern California Edison laid off a bunch of American IT workers to replace them with H-1B Indians, and their union (since they are a utility, they happened to have had one), came to the rescue with a huge media campaign and now investigations by US Senators.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2015, @10:02PM
Called them professional association... I am a member of a union that goes by the name of x company professionals association and I don't get any of the shit you talk about. US it professional should do like the doctors and the lawers: enforce proper education and competency standards, police your members and act as a political force.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2015, @01:32AM
> it professional should do like the doctors
That would be great. Then our technology infrastructure could cost as much as our healthcare does.
(Score: 2) by fadrian on Sunday April 12 2015, @12:50PM
our technology infrastructure could cost as much as our healthcare does.
If it did, maybe we'd do a better job of it.
That is all.