PROGRAMMERS’ GUILD USA, a brave and smart union
Computer programmers are among the most exploited skilled labour on the planet, with corporations lobbying national governments to overlook workers' rights.
Take a look at the film linked at the end of this article. It gives a taste of what Australians are in for with mass immigration in policies described in the Weekend Australian of 17-18 May p.19 as “OPEN DOOR”. Open slather would be an even better term.
But, finally, in the most repressive first world economy, US computer programmers are fighting back against immigration-led, government sanctioned, corporate lobbied, local unemployment and wage depression. In this remarkable u-tube movie the American Programmers’ Guild has exposed a law firm that lectures companies in how to avoid hiring Americans. It tells how to avoid disclosing the wages an employer offers to foreign labour, and how to conform to the letter of the law in advertising locally for labour, whilst making almost certain that no-one American will get the job.
The Programmers’ Guild is inviting people to join them – free, and to apply for jobs in the US system, whilst letting them know the details so that they can investigate, report and sue the offending corporations:
“U.S. Workers: How becoming a member can save your job”
“In order to influence Congress we need to show that there are a large number of American degreed and experienced tech workers who are suffering actual harm due to employment based visas and offshoring. Similarly, reporters need to be able to quickly locate American tech workers in their area in order to balance articles that stem from corporate press releases and funded "studies."” The Programmers Guild has already filed 300 discrimination complaints against H-1b employers. But in order to seek large damage claims, they need a group of plaintiffs that have suffered actual harm. If you select "Will be party to class action" in your profile, the Programmers Guild will notify you of job ads to apply for. If the Guild files a class action suit against that employer, you will be a harmed plaintiff eligible to share in the damages award.Click here to see the film. Democracy has been replaced by the globalised client state, which is no state at all. But the internet offers these kinds of possibilities for organizing. We need a similar organization in Australia. Unions in Australia are on the run and anyone who speaks up in them, like Doug Cameron, risks being targeted by the mainstream press. No wonder Australians hardly dare speak up for eachother if that is the treatment they are going to receive.
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