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Tech workers file lawsuits against Disney over H-1B visas
Orlando Sentinel ^ | 1/25/16 | Sandra Pedicini

Posted on 01/26/2016 12:14:25 AM PST by Impala64ssa

Edited on 01/26/2016 12:20:05 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

The lawsuits were filed in federal court, in the Middle District of Florida, by Leo Perrero and Dena Moore, who were among 250 Disney tech workers laid off about a year ago. The lawsuits seek class-action status.

Defendants include HCL Inc. and Cognizant Technologies.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: corporatewelfare; disney; disneyh1b; h1b; h1blies; immigration
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To: 2nd amendment mama
Cruz's solution is exactly the right one. If you take away the ability to import a foreigner who will work for 1/4 the going wage, the H1-B abuses will dry up instantly.

The program was supposed to allow employers to fill jobs where no qualified American could be found. Cruz's bill would force it to be used as it was intended to be used.

21 posted on 01/26/2016 5:06:04 AM PST by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: pepsionice

Hoping Disney gets their clock and bank account cleaned! May it be a warning to other companies.

H1B’s get the hell out of my country and go home.


22 posted on 01/26/2016 5:08:10 AM PST by wetgundog ("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
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To: applpie

The reason for H1-b is to fill jobs that don’t have enough American candidates. When you overtly fire the Americans and replace them with H1-b workers, you are not protected by it. They even made the American workers train their replacements.


23 posted on 01/26/2016 5:37:28 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Impala64ssa

The question I have for the legal eagle types that are around FR, is this: If there is collusion on breaking the law in employment between these companies, can this turn into a RICO suit?

We can only hope.


24 posted on 01/26/2016 5:55:35 AM PST by DarthFuzball ("Life is full of little surprises." - Pandora)
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Tech workers file lawsuits against Disney over H-1B visas

Oooh, that's going to hurt. They're going to pay a lot of money to get this to go away.
25 posted on 01/26/2016 6:17:29 AM PST by ssfromla
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To: ssfromla

I hope it bankrupts Disney and put them out of business.


26 posted on 01/26/2016 6:18:03 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Impala64ssa

They are suing the Corporation and the current bosses, NOT WALT.


27 posted on 01/26/2016 6:43:32 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: InABunkerUnderSF

Another variant of this I witnessed was outsourcing the IT department functions to CSC.
They offer key personnel a transfer to the new company, and if you refuse the pay cut, no unemployment if it was within 10-20% of your prior wage.
If they don’t offer you a job, then it is due to duplicate skill sets in that company and you get unemployment due to layoff.

The company can then outsource “200” jobs, only 50 transfer to a lower pay rate, 50 refuse the pay cut and get no unemployment, and 100 end up laid off but the company can say we only outsourced.


28 posted on 01/26/2016 6:51:12 AM PST by tbw2
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To: PCPOET7

I think that they are going to claim in court that the subcontractor actually was cover for them being Disney employs.
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Disney has a 60 year history of playing employment games to avoid legal requirements ,,, actors/actresses and in general performers and such are exempt from hourly wage and employment laws ... that is why Walt Disney World has ALWAYS called it’s employees “CAST MEMBERS” ... you aren’t hired to be a chef , you’re hired to play the “role” of a chef ,, or the role of a “jungle cruise guide” ... you are NEVER a CHEF or a GUIDE or an Air Conditioning Mechanic or a gardener ,, you are always said to be playing an acting role.

I hope they lose BIG ,,, in the $$BILLIONS$$ ...


29 posted on 01/26/2016 7:25:09 AM PST by Neidermeyer (Bill Clinton is a 5 star general in the WAR ON WOMEN and Hillary is his Goebbels.)
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To: Parmenio; ColdOne; Yossarian; knittnmom; sf4dubya; Mr. Peabody; wally_bert; dowcaet; ...
H-1B ping. Let me know if you're not on the list and want to be added (or are and want to be removed).
30 posted on 01/26/2016 8:01:39 AM PST by ConservingFreedom (a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
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To: Campion; 2nd amendment mama
Cruz's solution is exactly the right one. If you take away the ability to import a foreigner who will work for 1/4 the going wage, the H1-B abuses will dry up instantly.

The program was supposed to allow employers to fill jobs where no qualified American could be found. Cruz's bill would force it to be used as it was intended to be used.

Bingo!

31 posted on 01/26/2016 8:06:37 AM PST by ConservingFreedom (a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
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To: cuban leaf; Gaffer; PCPOET7
fyi:

H-1B Is Designed to Allow Employers to Replace Americans with Cheap Foreign Workers
H-1B Is Designed to Allow Employers to Pay Foreign Workers Extremely Low Wages

32 posted on 01/26/2016 8:09:30 AM PST by ConservingFreedom (a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
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To: Impala64ssa

who the @#$@# thought up this H1B?

and who ever was naive enough to think it was because there weren’t enough “skilled” workers here?

really gets me mad.


33 posted on 01/26/2016 8:14:52 AM PST by dp0622
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To: ConservingFreedom

I understand the reality, but it was intended to allow employers the ability to address critical needs with regard to employees that couldn’t be fulfilled with available American Citizen resources. Hence my comments about collusion and conspiring to evade that tenet.


34 posted on 01/26/2016 8:16:32 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: grania

Say it once, I’ll say it again: It’s NOT the job of biz re: E-Verify.

Again, GOVT has foisted to others that which it does or will NOT do, to create a scape-goat for their own ineptness/inability/collusion.

Biz is there to make a profit, no do the work of govt on the company’s own dime.

IMO, there should BE NO H1B/etc. visas. Nobody can tell me that the work need ‘came out of the blue’ and ONLY other countries noticed to have their citizens trained. Biz, at the least, should have scouring the country for their needs, opening internships, setting up scholarships (we pay to educate, you work for us for X yrs).

Govt (again) needs to get the hell out of the way and biz needs to pony up or shut-up. Just my $.02


35 posted on 01/26/2016 8:18:11 AM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: Gaffer
it was intended to allow employers the ability to address critical needs with regard to employees that couldn't be fulfilled with available American Citizen resources.

No, that's just how it was marketed. As the links show, it was carefully engineered to allow employers to replace Americans with cheap foreign workers and to pay those foreign workers extremely low wages.

36 posted on 01/26/2016 8:22:50 AM PST by ConservingFreedom (a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
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To: ConservingFreedom

Regardless, fact versus impression and/or collusion, you and I agree, I think that H1B visas are overwhelmingly abused. I think my position if I had the power would be more akin to making an H1-B visa approval an act of Congress. IOW, very few and far between, EACH requiring a rigorous no bullshit allowed approval process.


37 posted on 01/26/2016 8:25:46 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer
you and I agree, I think that H1B visas are overwhelmingly abused.

We certainly agree that the program as it currently works is contrary to the interests of all but a few Americans. I fight against the word "abuse" because it implies that the statutes themselves don't need to be changed but merely properly enforced - which is very much not the case.

38 posted on 01/26/2016 8:29:31 AM PST by ConservingFreedom (a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
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To: Neidermeyer

According to the US District Court Middle District Florida ...

At this time, it is not possible to view either the docket sheet or imaged documents. Public Access to Court Electronic Record (PACER) is a fee service which will allow you to check the status of a case and view or print the docket sheet.

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I cannot get access to the filing(s) without an in-person visit to the courthouse...no electronically imaged docs available... I attempted to register with the court to view the docket at least but they will not register non-attorneys..

Can someone please post the PACER info and case number.. THANKS


39 posted on 01/26/2016 8:30:42 AM PST by Neidermeyer (Bill Clinton is a 5 star general in the WAR ON WOMEN and Hillary is his Goebbels.)
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To: ConservingFreedom

A chief executive could rightly stop the program in its tracks.


40 posted on 01/26/2016 8:36:00 AM PST by Gaffer
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