• MEDIA: Biden Is Caught Between Big Tech and Black Voters

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 7 10:40:19 2022
    H/T Morris Dees and $PLC certified deplorable, Mark Krikorian, see
    Michael Bloomberg's guest blogger, Rachel Rosenthal, on whether Donald
    Trump's Save America PAC will endorse Ken Cuccinelli and Eugene Scalia: <URL:https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/biden-is-caught-between-big-tech-and-black-voters/2022/05/28/7e3e7b96-deeb-11ec-bc35-a91d0a94923b_story.html>
    | A more effective stick for noncompliance with diversity requirements
    | would be suspending or revoking an employer's privilege to sponsor
    | visas. But proposed fixes to the H-1B visa program, such as
    | preventing companies from giving preference to visa holders, might
    | be a more realistic starting point. This is an important objective
    | of a bill reintroduced by Senators Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley in
    | March. The Congressional Progressive Caucus, meanwhile, has included
    | among its recommendations for executive action a proposal to
    | increase H-1B wage requirements to reflect "true market rates" and
    | prioritize employers "seeking highly skilled workers and paying fair
    | wages." The Biden administration appears to be on board -- and given
    | the degree of congressional paralysis, some argue executive action
    | would be the most expedient route to meaningful reform.

    Rosenthal ran out of column inches to ask Ron Hira if he would recommend
    his black students in the top two quintiles to participate in the rat
    race against the Cheap Labor Lobby's influx of younger, cheaper scab
    workers.

    John
    groenveld@acm.org
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