WE NEED YOUR HELP!  Please Support the Employ America amendment!

Senators Sanders, Grassley, Harkin, and Tester are trying to help U.S. workers. They have filed an amendment to the Small Business Lending Act to block companies from hiring foreign guest workers when firing competent and hard working U.S. workers.

The Amendment is S.AMDT. 4438, introduced to the Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010 bill number H.R.5297.

Below is their plea to save U.S. jobs.

WashTech, a tech worker's union, is asking for your help. They want you to click on this link and ask your representatives to co-sponsor S.887 H1-b & L-1 Reform Act and HR 5397. Please click this link to send an email to your representatives.

Below are some facts WashTech lists. There are many more. Support the U.S. worker and demand Congress take action!

A Concept Draft for H-1B, L-1 and "skilled" immigration is being debated in the Senate. Actual American workers of course are not being asked. The link is the actual document and is attached to this post.

This is yet another astounding move by India. They are trying to claim H-1B and L-1 guest workers shouldn't pay social security on some nebulous claims they are not in the U.S. permanently.

The [India] government has been pursuing the social security agreement — that will allow Indians working under short-term contracts in the US to secure exemption from contributing to the American social security system.

While Americans go without jobs, India's offshore outsourcing business is booming. In Technology companies are aggressively hiring as business prospects improve, we can see just how many American companies are creating jobs....in India.

Accenture will add 8,000 in India this year alone. That’s a 20% increase. Honeywell will also add 1,000 jobs....again, not in the United States, but in India.

Once again we have a job killing, let's wipe out all U.S. Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering Professionals agenda parading around as Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

First the bill title is (so you know what to say when you call your representatives repeatedly and demand they defeat this bill):

The Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009, or CIR ASAP. It is sponsored by the notorious illegal immigrant and corporate Representative, Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.).

A bill all of you should support immediately!

Senators Bernie Sanders and Chuck Grassley introduce The Employ America Act:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) today introduced legislation to prohibit major firms that lay off large numbers of American workers from hiring cheaper foreign labor through temporary guest worker programs.

The Atlantic has a great post, It's about the Money Stupid on why Americans are not going into STEM, if they are smart and have a choice.