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As if it were not enough for them to drain the resources of this country by sending millions of riyals annually to their home countries while spending very little locally, foreign workers have now learned the technique of bargaining. They bargain in order to satisfy their strong desire for wealth. In doing so, they outsmart even the most talented and able managers. If you go out looking for someone to help with some domestic chore, you will find yourself surrounded, not by one, two or even three but an army of casual laborers of all nationalities. Each one is shouting...

U.S. investigating claims Sun layoffs favored foreign workers Monday, June 24, 2002 Federal authorities are investigating claims that Sun Microsystems Inc. favored U.S.-based foreign workers over American citizens during a recent round of layoffs. The Justice and Labor departments launched their probes after a complaint filed in April by Guy Santiglia, who lost his Sun engineering job in October along with 3,900 other employees. Santiglia, 36, said the Unix server giant favored holders of H-1B visas because those engineers may be paid less. The visa program was expanded in 2000 to help fill the ranks of workers during the high-tech...

Massive Foreign Labor Force Overwhelming Saudis Saudi Arabia is making little headway with a series of measures meant to reduce security risks caused by the huge foreign labor force in the kingdom.The measures include barring foreigners from sensitive positions and replacing them with Saudi nationals. Arab diplomatic sources said the measures are meant to assuage growing resentment over Saudi unemployment, particularly among university graduates. (Since so few Saudis actually learn anything but religion in "college".) Already, Riyad has listed 34 professions as banned to foreigners amid unemployment estimated at up to 20 percent. They include mostly low-level jobs such as...

The Department of Defense is preparing to implement the most sweeping restrictions yet on foreign information technology (IT) workers. This planned policy—which will cover one-third of civilian federal employees—will ban non-U.S. citizens from a wide range of computer projects. The Departments of Justice and Treasury have instituted similar restrictions on non-citizens working in certain areas. Those steps were taken prior to last September’s attacks. The DOD policy—slated for adoption within 60 to 90 days—extends restrictions on foreign nationals handling secret information to “sensitive but unclassified positions,” which include the growing number of contract workers who process paychecks, write software,...

The Department of Defense is preparing to implement the most sweeping restrictions yet on foreign information technology (IT) workers. This planned policy—which will cover one-third of civilian federal employees—will ban non-U.S. citizens from a wide range of computer projects. The Departments of Justice and Treasury have instituted similar restrictions on non-citizens working in certain areas. Those steps were taken prior to last September’s attacks. The DOD policy—slated for adoption within 60 to 90 days—extends restrictions on foreign nationals handling secret information to “sensitive but unclassified positions,” which include the growing number of contract workers who process paychecks, write software,...