Seattle’s $3 Minimum Wage Hike Cost Low Skilled Workers $1,500 a Year
A Seattle-sponsored analysis of the city’s $3 per hour minimum wage hike has found that it cost the average low-skilled worker $1,500 a year due to employers slashing hours.
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Trump’s H-1B Crackdown Upsets Chamber of Commerce
While President Donald Trump amasses praise from labor unions and pro-American work advocates for his cracking down on abuse within the H-1B visa program, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is distressed by the executive order.
Tech Execs Indicted for H-1B Visa Fraud
A pair of tech executives have been indicted for allegedly using false documents to bring in help through the H-1B guest worker program.
Trump Signals Support for Stricter H-1B Standards
An effort to weed out foreign workers under the H-1B visa program is getting support from President Donald Trump.
H-1B Reform Has ‘Zero Impact’ on Americans Replaced by Foreigners, Expert Says
A bill to curtail the number of Americans being replaced by foreign guest workers through the H-1B visa “would have zero impact” on the program, according to an expert on the issue.
Open Borders Groups Gird for H-1B Fights
The open borders lobby is bracing for a fight with President Donald Trump’s administration over the H-1B foreign guest worker program, which opponents say is discriminatory against American workers.
Poll: Only 30 Percent Believe H-1B Workers Are Needed
A minority of registered voters believe the foreign guest worker H-1B visa program is necessary, according to a new poll by POLITICO and Morning Consult.
Report: Cut Wages and Requirements so More Migrants Can Get Jobs
Lowering wages and reducing the entry requirements for vocational courses are among measures Sweden should take to make its labour market “more inclusive”, according to a new report from SNS’s Economic Council.
Libertarian Author Charles Murray Calls for Pause in Low-Skill Immigration
“I have had to undergo a great deal of rethinking on all of this this year… [now] I want to shut down low-skill immigration for a while,” Charles Murray told a D.C. event hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies.
Expert: Wages Drop in Jobs With Many Foreign Guest-Workers
There’s been a decades-long drop in wages paid to American workers facing competition from foreign guest-workers on H-2B visas, belying claims of a shortage of U.S. workers, according to Steven Camarota, at the Center for Immigration Studies.
Sen. Jeff Sessions Warns Against Permanent Expansion to Low-Skilled Guest Worker Program
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is pushing back against an effort that would permanently and dramatically expand the annual cap on low-skilled, temporary foreign workers allowed in the U.S. each year.
