Programmers Guild Files 300 H-1B Complaints

"The Programmers Guild has filed employment discrimination complaints against over 300 employers this year. These actions, including case number 197-19-120, are being filed with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related discrimination. The complaints allege that the companies have discriminated against U.S. workers in job postings that express preference towards hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas," the group said in a news release. "Toni Chester, an American computer programmer in New Jersey with two BS degrees and 17 years of experience has been unable to find work in that state since she was replaced by an H-1B teammate in August 2001. When she responded to a 'foreign worker' ad for free training, she was told that the training had been cancelled, but observed that the ads for jobs and training continued to run. In spite of follow-up emails and phone calls, she was denied the same training placement assistance, and jobs that are afforded to H-1B holders," the group says.

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