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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, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2015, @10:42PM
Unions have lots of issues, but your statement is nothing but FUD.
I work for a college, and I refuse to join our union. It is only because that is the only way to withold the portion of dues used for political contributions (I pay the rest of the dues, but cannot vote in union elections). The parent union contributed to the Republican Governor's association which helped elect Scott Walker who immediately went on a union busting spree. They gave tons of money to the Democrat party as well, and helped elect pro school privatization candidates like Obama. Hilariously / sadly, the two main teachers unions in California took opposite positions on nearly all ballot measures a couple elections ago-- solidarity-- right. So, their contributions simply canceled out.
The top leaders of most of these unions are rich folks who have never worked a day in their lives in the fields of those they supposedly represent. They play golf at the same clubs as the CEOs of the companies they are supposedly representing the workers of. Their children attend the same private schools as those corporate executive's children. They live in the same gated communities. These rich scum just like any other rich scum, encourage no strike clauses which eviscerate the power of the union members.
However, unions are the only reason we have any worker protections/rights in the US at all. But, for them to continue to be relevant, we need to take control back. It is the same rich bastards controlling unions, government, corporations, police, military, and everything else. We are at a point where my school can kick out the existing union and switch. I am lobbying for joining the IWW, the only real union left. And, of course I encourage others to break free from voting for the Democrat-Republican Corporate party candidates. But, too much a coward to stop paying my taxes that support our wars of aggression around the word on behalf of the rich parasite class.
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Sunday April 12 2015, @02:26AM
The top leaders of most of these unions are rich folks who have never worked a day in their lives in the fields of those they supposedly represent. They play golf at the same clubs as the CEOs of the companies they are supposedly representing the workers of. Their children attend the same private schools as those corporate executive's children. They live in the same gated communities. These rich scum just like any other rich scum, encourage no strike clauses which eviscerate the power of the union members.
A Doonesbury strip years ago, in which Duke found out he was being replaced as the ambassador to China by Leonard Woodcock, had Duke replying to a comment that Woodcock had shown great sensitivity to the working class with "Honey, all labor leaders show great sensitivity to the working class. That's how they avoid belonging to it".