SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Even as the economy collapsed last year and many financial workers found themselves unemployed, the dozen U.S. banks now receiving the biggest rescue packages requested visas for tens of thousands of foreign workers to fill high-paying jobs, according to an Associated Press review of visa applications.
The major banks, which have received $150 billion in bailout funds, requested visas for more than 21,800 foreign workers over the past six years for senior vice presidents, corporate lawyers, junior investment analysts and human resources specialists. The average annual salary for those jobs was $90,721, nearly twice the median income for all American households.
The numbers of visas sought by the dozen banks in AP's analysis increased by nearly one-third, from 3,258 in the 2007 budget year to 4,163 in fiscal 2008.
The AP reviewed visa applications the banks filed with the Labor Department under the H-1B visa program, which allows temporary employment of foreign workers in specialized-skill and advanced-degree positions. Such visas are most often associated with high-tech workers.
But...but.....union auto workers make about $2/hr more than non-union ones!!!! No bailouts for them. /snark
The tech industry has been H1B-ing its labor force for years, I was personally unaware that banks have been doing so also.
Welcome to globalization. The American worker has become a toxic commodity to the biggest corporations in the world. And now that the corporations are paying the long term price of gutting the American middle class and disabling our ability to consume their goods, they pose at Congress' gate with their hand out, pleading for 'stimulus' cash.
As far as I'm concerned, and fully cognizant of the seriousness of the situation, I wouldn't give anyone a nickel until they are forced to hire Americans. You want to hire Indian H1B's - fine, ask New Dehli for stimulus cash.
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