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Sanders Calls Out Musk for Billionaire Exploitation of Foreign H-1B Workers (truthout.org)

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The senator weighed in on the right’s infighting, saying the real issue at hand is corporate abuse of workers.

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[-] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 week ago

yep in the SF bay area it’s super common for the tech industry to

word job adverts so no americans will qualify or be interested
bring in someone on a visa by sponsoring them
Now they won’t do anything the company doesn’t like (join union efforts, push back against an immoral project, etc) because if they lose their job they also lose their visa

[-] fishabel@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah lots of jobs are gearing up for this by laying people off, halving salaries, and hoping American talent will be desperate enough to work for cheap when the market is flooded.

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