[john mirse]

Massive layoffs are being spearheaded by the multi-billion dollar Southern California Edison utilities company, which is terminating scores of American IT workers and replacing them with immigrant IT workers, from a slew of foreign counties, who are willing to work for far less compensation. These immigrants are in the U.S. on an H-1B visa program.

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And to add insult to injury, I hear that in many places management orders the laid off worker to teach the new immigrant worker about his job before he leaves!

That is one thing the American techs should fight for at least: They must organize and tell management that they will no longer help or teach the new employee who is taking over their jobs.

[SZonian]

"I hear that in many places management orders the laid off worker to teach the new immigrant worker about his job before he leaves!"

If I've been fired by the company, there's no way in he77 I'm going to do that.

I'd walk right out the door and toss my badges on the manager's desk whilst telling him...something.