Biden eyes more foreign workers while skirting H-1B visa row
Jordan Fabian and Genevieve Douglas, Bloomberg
Feb. 11, 2021
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Richard Trumka, president of the American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), speaks during the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Amanda Andrade-Rhoades.
President Joe Biden s immigration overhaul seeks to allow more skilled foreign workers into the U.S. without stirring widespread protest from labor groups, whose opposition would all but ruin prospects for what is already one of the president s most precarious priorities.
The sweeping proposal Biden sent to Congress on his first day in office drew quick Republican opposition over its centerpiece: a faster path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Another provision would allow more foreign students and
Joe Biden seeks more foreign workers while skirting H-1B visa uproar
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Joe Biden seeks more foreign workers while skirting H-1B visa uproar
Bloomberg / Updated: Feb 11, 2021, 19:12 IST
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Joe Biden s proposal seeks to sidestep a conflict with organized labor by leaving the annual H-1B quota untouched. (File photo)
NEW DELHI: Joe Biden’s immigration overhaul seeks to allow more skilled foreign workers into the US without stirring widespread protest from labor groups, whose opposition would all but ruin prospects for what is already one of the president’s most precarious priorities.
The sweeping proposal Biden sent to Congress on his first day in office drew quick Republican opposition over its centerpiece: a faster path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US Another provision would allow more foreign students and workers to enter the US by increasing the number of employment-based green cards.
They Supported âDefund the Police.â Then the Mayoral Campaign Began.
Most of the leading mayoral candidates have been wary of embracing the âdefund the policeâ movement, which has lost some mainstream political momentum.
Many in the Democratic field for mayor have backed away from the defund movement, reframing the issue as a broader need for changes to city policing.Credit.Byron Smith for The New York Times
Feb. 3, 2021
Nearly eight months ago, Scott M. Stringer stood in Brooklyn before an angry, unsettled gathering to memorialize the death of George Floyd. The best way to honor him, Mr. Stringer said, was to send a clear message to City Hall: âItâs time to defund the N.Y.P.D. now.â
St. Petersburg College trustees reject contract in blow to adjuncts
The three-year agreement had been approved by top college administrators. The two sides will keep talking.
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The St. Petersburg College board of trustees declined last week to ratify a proposed contract with adjunct faculty. [ CHRIS URSO | Times ]
Updated Feb. 1
After eight months of negotiations, St. Petersburg College recently agreed on a three-year contract with its newly formed union representing adjunct faculty.
The only step left was for SPCâs board of trustees to ratify it. At the boardâs meeting last week, lead union organizer Jamaica Reddick thanked the college administration for recognizing adjuncts, who are unsalaried, as an integral part of the workforce. Terrie Lee, an adjunct professor of natural sciences, called it âa promising beginning.â
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