Alert! Congress Seeks Increase In Number Of Foreign Workers!


	Alert! Congress Seeks Increase In Number Of Foreign Workers!

merrie

2-19-2008 7:01 PM

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hr 1843, h-2b visas, congressional, foreign workers, big business, economic slowing

merrie says:

There is no end to the appetite of big businesses and corporations for more foreign workers at lower wages. Let Congress know that America's unemployed workers come first.

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