Posted on 03/03/2017 12:56:59 PM PST by nickcarraway
Heading into a job interview Tuesday morning, former University of California IT worker Robert Harrison is hoping the prospective employer will hire locally.
He is one of 49 workers recently displaced from the university's health records department in a search for cheaper labor that recently took a trip East.
Based out of Noida, India, HCL Technologies does the same services for less - a move to cut back on costs.
However, the move was challenged outside the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Tuesday with legal representatives referring to the move as "deplorable" and questioning its legality.
Citing possible misuse of foreign visa programs and possible age, nationality and national origin discriminations, legal representation from Gwilliam Ivary Chiosso Cavalli & Brewer is assisting some of the affected workers.
"UCSF is abusing [the H-1B visa program] by bringing in foreign workers when there are qualified American workers already performing this sensitive work which includes handling patient medical records," Gary Gwilliam, a lawyer assisting some of the former employees said in a statement. "This layoff is of major significance and has already received attention from Congress."
While university officials were not available for comment following the protest, it has stated that they are following all laws regarding their hiring process and are searching for job alternatives within the UC system for those laid off.
hey gave up their Bitching Rights when they voted for Hillary and other democrats.
Far too many US companies told their American staff to go to hell, and brought in people from India to replace them.
Should troll these protesters saying, gee maybe PRESIDENT TRUMP will bring your job back you Hillary voting Dumbasses!
Its not hard to find IT work in the Bay Area if you have much skill.
UCSF laid him off because he’s white.
The entire UC system is rabidly anti-white. That’s all this is.
“49 workers recently displaced from the university’s health records department in a search for cheaper labor [India].
Sue their butts off.
How’s that wide open immigration working out for you Californians?
I’m an IT guy, and know that the new guys are paid roughly 50% of the existing personnel.
The existing staff should be offered first refusal. But that sometimes does not work. Communication is key, and that barrier goes down when the entire staff is Indian. Partial Indian staff, communication becomes a problem.
If America first is accepted, get ready for inflation to make a comeback. Talk to contractors that swear they only hire Mexicans. Not because of pay, because of performance. Too many American workers make enough money to buy drugs, then miss work and are slow at their jobs.
HCL does other stuff too, not just IT. If it’s something that can be done remotely, then consider your job at risk.
You can get 2 workers from India for a dollar don’t you know
I’ve been called racist for saying someone did not have strong enough English skills to work in customer service.
Hillary promised to expand H1-b vidsas dramatically.
Any company who wants to replace a US citizen with an H1B worker should have to pay that replaced worker with 2 years wages.
Yep exactly what I was thinking. I bet they each wore a pink pussy hat to protest President Trump as well. Now they have lots of time on their hands to support more liberals.
Ah my friend do not fear, with us your personal health information is as safe as Daadi’s gulab jamun during Diwali!
Forty-nine seems like a ridiculous number for just the health records department.
I bet almost all of these people are liberal Trump haters.
I’ll tell them I can’t understand them due to their accent and ask for a native English speaker. Often I’ll get transferred to an American sounding supervisor.
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