Engineers Union: Immigration Bill ‘a Cruel Betrayal of American Workers’

Cybercast News Service ^ | May 29, 2013 5:49 PM | Craig Bannister

[Olog-hai]

The union representing technical and professional engineers today announced its opposition to the immigration bill, S. 744, warning that it sells American workers and students “down the river.”

In a letter to the Senate, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) calls the bill “a cruel betrayal of American workers.” …

IFPTE says the amendment eliminates the requirement to prioritize hiring equally qualified American workers and “creates a loophole” to allow employers to fire American workers and replace them with lower-paid foreign workers. …

[Kevmo]

Till now I have never heard of this union. I’m in silicon valley, seems like they’d be all over it.

[Olog-hai]

Nor have I. They claim to have been around since 1918, on their website; started as the IFDU (International Federation of Draftsmen’s Unions) apparently.

[Kevmo]

I dunno whether to wish them well.

At the very least, they don’t seem to have been representing such workers very well, at least until they finally decide to take a stand on crimmigration. But it appears to be too little, too late.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[Tennessee Nana]

IFPTE says the amendment eliminates the requirement to prioritize hiring equally qualified American workers and “creates a loophole” to allow employers to fire American workers and replace them with lower-paid foreign workers. …
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Paging Marco Rubio...

Pick up the Benedict Arnold courtesy phone...

[SunkenCiv]

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