Sentences with phrase «cheap foreign workers»

Basically, just like prostitution industry in Singapore relies on cheap foreign workers who often come on tourist visas, so you can have many other personal service industries on the same principle.

Tech companies say they need the visas to get scarce talent, while labor advocates contend that it allows companies to hire cheaper foreign workers instead of Americans.

Research by the Economic Policy Institute suggests that there may be less of a shortage of STEM workers than assumed by the bill's proponents, and loopholes in the bill will allow unscrupulous companies to use H - 1B visas to fill jobs with cheaper foreign workers when U.S. workers would do.

Critics argue that companies abuse it to replace U.S. employees with cheaper foreign workers.

High - skill temporary worker programs like the H - 1B visa, which were intended ostensibly to «complement the American workforce,» have «made it too easy to bring in cheaper foreign workers with ordinary skills — ... not specialized skills,... not the best and brightest — to directly substitute for, rather than complement, American workers,» Hira said.

Not exact matches

With so many U.S. corporations racing to the bottom — moving manufacturing to foreign countries for cheap labor and no environmental responsibility, taking advantage of the H1 - B Visa program to bring cheap workers in, lowering benefits and eliminating pension plans — it's refreshing to learn that some companies are taking the exact opposite approach.

Indeed, some charge the Valley is so aggressively lobbying Washington for foreign - born skilled workers because they'll be cheaper than their American - born counterparts.

It's not perfect, but the open letter to Canadians from RBC president and CEO Gord Nixon does hit a lot of the right notes to help stem the swell of ill will, sparked by a CBC report over the weekend claiming the company was swapping Canadian staff for cheaper temporary foreign workers.

Instead, its primary function is to make it easier for American corporations to expand their operations abroad — a process which often means they fire US workers and hire cheaper foreign ones.

It would allow any company in America to replace any worker with cheaper foreign labor.

The suit alleged that the fired employees, all of whom were U.S. citizens or green card holders, were fired as a cost - cutting measure so they could be replaced by cheaper, less - experienced foreign workers, according to the Boston Globe.

Health Canada, Canadian Forces / Department of National Defence, Canada Post, the CBC, Canada Lands, the Bank of Canada, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Canadian Museum of Civilization are all employing temporary foreign workers — closing the cheap labour circle.

They did free trade deals to allow cheap foreign labor to replace millions of our workers.

After China opened up to the global market economy and joined the global competition, its most useful weapon is cheap labour, factory owners are trying to minimize any cost including that of workers» safety, due to lack of safety regulation in foreign investments.

Cheap products made in China flooding the global market are manufactured by foreign joint ventures at the sacrifice of numerous women workers.

Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Ms Harman said Labour shared people's concerns over wages being suppressed by cheaper, foreign workers.

On Jan. 20th Canadian Press reported on a pipeline engineer who had been fired by Bechtel Corp for his whistle blowing; he had written of, «Cheap foreign steel that cracked when workers tried to weld it, foundations for pump stations that you would never consider using in your own home, fudged safety tests... short cuts on the steel and rebar that are essential for safe pipeline operation, and siting of facilities on completely inappropriate spots like wetlands.»

The expansion of the temporary foreign workers program, theft of E.I. benefits from migrant workers and Canadian citizens alike, are all part of one «cheap labour» strategy.

The temporary foreign worker program just went through a major overhaul geared towards «putting Canadians first» and ensuring Canadians are given the first choice of jobs in Canada and to prevent employers exploiting foreign workers or using foreign workers as a cheaper labour source.

Neither of his rivals, Jim Prentice nor Thomas Lukaszuk, has refuted the premise of his argument that the province needs more control over the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) to give employers more access to cheap, disposable workers.

The idea that foreign workers are cheaper has also inspired the wage hike.