What do you do for a living?

[Wairudo Enjin]

Originally posted by Folic_Acid
Sure enough! I work for a congressman from NC.

Good! Tell him we need some protection from imported crab meat!!! They don't have to use the same health standards in producing the product. The industry has gone from 43 plants in NC to 20 in the last three years.

[ShipWreck]

i'm New York Firefighter and Ems tech.. i also install security and fire sytems, also computer controlled access control systems

Originally posted by Wairudo Enjin
I was in a partnership with a friend of mine doing a dating site. Unfortunately, we had difference of opinions, so now we have different paths and differnent friends. Currently, my family and I have investted in a crab meat packing plant in North Carolina. So, I will be operating a Crab Meat Plant.

Yes one of my best friends and I had started up a computer consulting business... but things didn't really work so now we barely speak to each other.

mmmmm... crab meat. My parents used to work in a crab meat packing plant when they first imigrated here about 22 years ago.

[Folic_Acid]

Originally posted by Wairudo Enjin
Good! Tell him we need some protection from imported crab meat!!! They don't have to use the same health standards in producing the product. The industry has gone from 43 plants in NC to 20 in the last three years.

Believe me, I know it. Between that, tobacco, furniture, and textiles, NC is getting hammered. Incidentally, where is this plant you're speaking of, Wairudo?

Originally posted by Folic_Acid
Sure enough! I work for a congressman from NC.

I had to look it up on a map - the building, not North Carolina.

[Wairudo Enjin]

It's in Windsor (Bertie County), which is North East of Greenville.

I'm a Barber =\ LOL

[Sayntfuu]

I sell booze at a municipal liquor store.

[Wairudo Enjin]

You can also tell him that IT professionals need some protection. There are many many IT people out of work right now and we have foreigners in the country working in our positions; there is supposedly a law against that. In addtition, thousands of jobs are being exported to India and other countries; there are no shipping costs or tariffs to protect against imported software, so we are getting hammered in that arena also. I've had little to no work for the past 2 years because of this.

I figure you don't want this forum to become a place for people to vent to you, so this is all I will say on these matters.

[Folic_Acid]

Hmm - Bertie's not in our district, but if I can help with anything, let me know. My boss is thinking about running for Senate, so I'm sure he'd be interested in stuff happening outside our district.

Originally posted by Wairudo Enjin
You can also tell him that IT professionals need some protection. There are many many IT people out of work right now and we have foreigners in the country working in our positions; there is supposedly a law against that. In addtition, thousands of jobs are being exported to India and other countries; there are no shipping costs or tariffs to protect against imported software, so we are getting hammered in that arena also. I've had little to no work for the past 2 years because of this.

I figure you don't want this forum to become a place for people to vent to you, so this is all I will say on these matters.

There's actually a proposal in congress right now to reform the H1B rules and regulations. They're cutting the number from like 265,000 per year to 65,000 per year. This should help substantially.

[Wairudo Enjin]

RC,

There is supposedly a law that exists already.

For example:

The crab meat packing plant that we now operate has to, by law, advertise the positions it has available. However, since there are usually few to zero job applicants, the company is allowed to bring in foreign labor.

If this is just a state law, then it is nice to know that something is finally being done at the Federal level!

[Folic_Acid]

Originally posted by Wairudo Enjin
You can also tell him that IT professionals need some protection. There are many many IT people out of work right now and we have foreigners in the country working in our positions; there is supposedly a law against that.

There is a law, but I'm sure it's not always followed. Foreign skilled workers are admitted using an H1-B visa, which allows them in to work in jobs (usually IT jobs) if there aren't any qualified US citizens for the job. Obviously, many companies get around that by not advertising openings very much, since American workers would have to be paid more than non-US workers (generally speaking, of course). There is a cap on the number of H1-Bs that can be issued, but I don't guess that does you much good.

Originally posted by Wairudo Enjin
I figure you don't want this forum to become a place for people to vent to you, so this is all I will say on these matters.

It's no problem - all part of the job. Feel free to pm, AIM, or whatever if you have specific questions or gripes.

Folic hit what I'm talking about - they're lowering the number of H1-Bs to discourage "poorly advertised" positions.

[Folic_Acid]

Originally posted by Wairudo Enjin
RC,

There is supposedly a law that exists already.

For example:

The crab meat packing plant that we now operate has to, by law, advertise the positions it has available. However, since there are usually few to zero job applicants, the company is allowed to bring in foreign labor.

If this is just a state law, then it is nice to know that something is finally being done at the Federal level!

No, that would be a federal law. It wouldn't be H1-B, I'd think, since that visa only applies to skilled professional workers. It'd be more like an H2-A unskilled worker visa (which NC has very very many of). That's a different story, I think - while you can advertise for meat packers, berry pickers, and tobacco harvesters all you want, you'll very rarely get enough US citizens applying for those jobs. Hence, the H2-A visa, which allows you to bring in foreign nationals to do those jobs (providing, of course, you comply with certain US Dept. of Labor regs.)