This is a total script-flip. I said the Silicon Valley *abuses* the H1-B program (in addition to the visa holders themselves!), NOT that they fear the H1-B visa.
The reason I disdained the article was that unionization of a nuts-and-bolts factory, even *if* physically located geographically within Silicon Valley, is not likely to make significant inroads into the software industry: H1-Bs are loved because they are at the mercy of the employer's good graces, and can neither transfer nor strike...and the preponderance and/or threat of H1-Bs mean even the remaining US citizen programmers have comparatively little leverage.
Not to mention the famous old commercial from EDS (Ross Perot's old company) talking about how managing programmers was like herding cats.
Incidentally, I saw your response to @central_va...I see that you claimed to be vociferously against H1-Bs. But your initial posts on this thread, continue to give very much the opposite impression.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Courtesy *PING* as you are mentioned by me in post #114 this thread.
If you see something getting ready to pounce on you, do you not take steps to counter that?
That is what Silicon Valley is doing by hiring even more H-1B visa holders, and their cry for even more to be allowed. They cannot unionize foreign workers.
Let's just agree to disagree and drop it.