Think of it in terms of expanding an American company overseas. Sometimes you need skilled labor that knows the target markets (foreign countries) but you are not able to (or don't want to) open a physical branch overseas. In this case you may want a foreign employee to work in house, and who could do this job better than someone from the foreign country that is currently living in the US and knows your business?

H1-B is not intended to "take jobs away" from American citizens, its purpose is to find strategic skilled labor than can take American companies to the next level. How do you think America has the best talents from countries around the world?

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On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Susan Crayne <[address removed]> wrote:

I never thought that the H1-B is for low-skilled workers -- perhaps I did not express myself clearly.  I was trying to say that H1-B workers should be required to pay the "prevailing wage". 

>>Most companies need to prove to the government that the foreign employee can do the assigned task better than an American employee, or that there >>are no American employees that could do the job better.

It's impossible to prove that there are no American employees that could do the job better, or even that  foreign employees can do the assigned task better than an American employee.  There are many American employees who are losing their jobs and being replaced by foreign workers.  It's true that I don't know how many are H1-Bs and how many are actually overseas.  Anyway, the replacements are clearly not better at their jobs than the people they replaced -- they are just cheaper.

Susan

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The H1-B "program" (it's a visa type) is not for low-skilled workers, where did you get that impression? Most companies need to prove to the government that the foreign employee can do the assigned task better than an American employee, or that there are no American employees that could do the job better. It is called a "specialty occupation" and in most cases the candidate's background plays a huge role (knowledge of foreign markets, languages, attending a specific engineering school overseas with better specialized degrees, etc.).

Any company that sponsors an H1-B visa must pay the prevailing wage in the U.S. according to the title and the responsibilities, so it is definitely not a way to get "cheap labor", unless the company lies about the title and pays less than they are supposed to pay.

A.

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Susan Crayne <[address removed]> wrote:

The H1-B program is a way for companies to hire cheap labor from other countries.  Recently a deal was reached on a guest worker program in this country:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/us/politics/deal-said-to-be-reached-on-guest-worker-program-in-immigration.html

Basically, it requires that temporary foreign workers must be paid the prevailing wage received by U.S. citizens.  But this program is only for low-skilled workers.  It would be great if this could be applied to all temporary foreign workers.  This will not happen, though, because the advocates for equal pay in the guest worker program are unions, and tech workers in this country don't have unions.  Perhaps the Freelancers Union, although it is not a traditional union, could get involved in this?

Susan

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http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE93101620130402?irpc=932

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