By Jeremy Beck
We don’t like to say this much, but it has long been the practice of many restaurants to hire staff as inexpensively as possible and provide them with the fewest benefits that they can, often by restricting their hours so they don’t qualify as full-time employees….I guess that can be a good business plan when … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Lat week, we highlighted “Joseph Chamie’s warning”that another surge at the border is imminent. We don’t know how this latest one will play out — which depends largely on how the next administration handles it — but we can look back over the last decade to get a good idea of what we might expect. … Continued
In “Labor Unions Move To Protect Immigrants, Regardless Of Legal Status” Esther Yu-Hsi Lee of ThinkProgress writes: “In fact, some unions now have clauses in their contract that protect against the use of programs like E-Verify and I-9 that could prevent some immigrants from getting jobs in the first place. That controversial bargaining chip is … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
This is the second of four blogs concerning immigration-sustainability questions policy makers should address. Part One: American Workers Part Two: The Middle Class In 1924, encouraged by labor leaders, Congress reduced immigration numbers back toward the historical average of 250,000 per year. After decades of massive population growth, tight labor markets eventually returned and paved … Continued
Karl Kiefer, a true citizen-scholar from Sunbright, Tennessee, examines the H-1B visa program. An official government summary of the H-1B visa is available by clicking here. The main use of the H-1B visa is for employers to bring in foreign workers who hold a college degree. Typical occupations include architects, engineers, computer programmers, and accountants. … Continued
