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There is no excuse to hire a single foreigner into a jobs program meant to help the people of Appalachia. No excuse whatsoever.
by Ijumfs 6y ago
There is no excuse to hire a single foreigner into a jobs program meant to help the people of Appalachia. No excuse whatsoever.
- ascales 6y agoI completely agree, but castrating the Authority's ability to run the business, and stay profitable will do more harm than using contractors. Looking at Trump's firing as anything more as a step in the direction of privatizing the TVA at a cost to everyone who buys its power.
- Ijumfs 6y agoWhy not privatize it? Also, does it make a profit? If not, maybe privatization should be looked at. As far as I can tell it's always been a government-funded jobs program operating at a loss.
- ascales 6y agoIt has been revenue positive for decades, and the rates are cheaper than the private alternative.
- Ijumfs 6y agoSo what you're saying is they can afford to hire non-H1B's.
- ascales 6y agoI don't know what the business decision was to hire outside contractors, however it resulted in the layoff of 62 workers. TVA hasn't hired an H1B employee since 2008. But if they needed to hire for a role where H1Bs were required they could afford to pay a competitive salary.