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In reply to the discussion: The stark differences [View all]HFRN
(1,469 posts)2. more stark differences - the H-1b visa/tech outsourcing issue
feel free to plaster the internet with this
Clinton's free-trade advocacy is hitting labor where it lives
Competition helps both sides, she says. A Buffalo deal yielded a few jobs.
July 30, 2007|Peter Wallsten | Times Staff Writer
BUFFALO, N.Y. To many labor unions and high-tech workers, the Indian giant Tata Consultancy Services is a serious threat -- a company that has helped move U.S. jobs to India while sending thousands of foreign workers on temporary visas to the United States.
So when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) came to this struggling city to announce some good news, her choice of partners was something of a surprise.
Joining Tata Consultancy's chief executive at a downtown hotel, Clinton announced that the company would open a software development office in Buffalo and form a research partnership with a local university. Tata told a newspaper that it might hire as many as 200 people.
The 2003 announcement had clear benefits for the senator and the company: Tata received good press, and Clinton burnished her credentials as a champion for New York's depressed upstate region.
But less noticed was how the event signaled that Clinton, who portrays herself as a fighter for American workers, had aligned herself with Indian American business leaders and Indian companies feared by the labor movement.
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/30/nation/na-buffalo30
"Outsourcing will continue. There is no way to legislate against reality. We are not in favor of putting up fences."
Hillary had said on Feb 28 in India, according to a report by the Asia Times. Kirwin also cited her position as co-chair of the Friends of India Caucus in the Senate, a group of senators that supports issues important to India, including outsourcing and H-1B and L-1 visas, as another reason behind the ITPAA's decision to give the award to the prospective Democrat presidential nominee.
(Press Trust Of India, 3/5/05)
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I second that. Bill Clinton 'reauthorized the H1-B Visa bill in his last term. n/t
whathehell
Aug 2015
#52
It isn't infighting. We have to decide which candidate will represent us in the general election.
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#7
Pointing out where the candidates stand on the issues and stating that you prefer one or the
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#10
You must have missed some of the past Republican campaigns where they accused Democrats
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#35
It seems difficult, because we Bernie supporters are trying to right the "long ship," the wide ship
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#51
Here's what you can do. If your not sure it is all true, research it and start an OP debunking it.
Autumn
Aug 2015
#44
If you don't like what's posted in this group feel free NOT to participate in this group.
smokey nj
Aug 2015
#58
Bernie points out that he and Hillary hold different opinions on a number of issues. The chart
smokey nj
Aug 2015
#61
She supported the death penalty as late as 2008 and she hasn't come out in opposition to the death
smokey nj
Aug 2015
#66
Pointing out policy differences between two candidates in a primary is not tearing down anyone.
PatrickforO
Aug 2015
#19
However, Posting what can only be compared to a Christian Coalition voter guide can. nt
longship
Aug 2015
#40
refusing to state a position on it is different from not supporting it.
nashville_brook
Aug 2015
#68