The Talented, the Educated, the Able, the Willing, and\r\nthe Screwed\r\nAuthor: Joe Rebel<\/b>\r\n<\/p>
The United States has long been the world's hot bed of technological\r\nadvancement. The cutting edge of the cutting edge of American technology\r\nhas long been the realm of the American software engineer, developer, and\r\nprogrammer. All of this is threatened by a government and industry that\r\nopenly promote the destruction of this American niche. Our government has\r\nactively and knowingly supported strategies, actions, policies, and laws that\r\nhave pushed the American engineer out of the economic game and into the\r\nunemployment lines.<\/b><\/p>\r\n
A political and economic culture that has always placed the non productive\r\noccupations of venture capital, marketing, speculation, sales, and short term\r\nprofit over and above the production of quality products, worker dignity, and\r\nworker rights has short changed those who not only have the capacity to\r\ncontribute to society, but who have actually already done so. No change in\r\nthe last twenty years has transformed our society more than the changes created\r\nby the software developer. In exchange for this creative transformation of\r\nall aspects of society, foreign workers have been brought in, jobs have been\r\nexported, and American technical talent has been wasted.<\/b><\/p>\r\n
Our reward for working twelve hour days, often six days per week, has been\r\na constant race towards lower salaries, lower benefits, lower respect, and lower\r\nprospects. Despite the fact that our individual intelligence, on the\r\naverage, greatly exceeds that of the corporate leaders that exploit our labor\r\nand rob our dignity, we remain passive observers in a world running headlong\r\ninto senseless war and self destruction. Is it not time for us to use our\r\ntalents and energy reordering the current regime? Should we not stand up\r\nand fight for our right, and the rights of all workers, to self determination\r\nand freedom from wanton oppression? Should we not withdraw our support\r\nfrom the fascist state that seeks to apply our creations to our enslavement?<\/b><\/p>\r\n
The oppressive state of the 21st<\/u> Century relies on our\r\ntechnologies. Only we can deny them access to technological\r\nprogress. Only we can devise the means to undermine their design of\r\nubiquitous surveillance and control. We owe them no loyalty for they have\r\nshown no loyalty to us! Let us join together and withdraw our support from\r\nthe American software industry. Let us commit to bringing down this\r\noppressive order, for only when it has been brought down can we hope to\r\nconstruct a new and better order where we are rewarded fairly for our\r\ncreations. Let us not contribute to the suffering of our fellow man! \r\nTechnology is our gift to humanity. Let our good intentions not be used towards\r\nevil ends!<\/b><\/p>\r\nLinks Documenting Programmer Abuse<\/b>\r\n
Note to recent graduates:\r\ntoday's recent graduate will be tomorrow's \"overqualified\" worker...<\/b><\/p>\r\n Note, we do not blame foreign programmers for coming to the US\r\nfor work. We understand why individuals from other countries seeking work\r\nwould come to the United States. Our complaint is with the corporate\r\nruling class and the Government which exploits the depressed wages of foreign\r\nworkers in order to increase the level of exploitation within the United States.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.breakyourchains.org\/rebel_programmers.htm","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"The United States has long been the world's hot bed of technological advancement. The cutting edge of the cutting edge of American technology has long been the realm of the American software engineer, developer, and programmer. All of this is threatened by a government and industry that openly promote the destruction of this American niche. Our government has actively and knowingly supported strategies, actions, policies, and laws that have pushed the American engineer out of the economic game and into the unemployment lines.\r\n\r\n","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/01\/25289.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":25297,"heading":"This is BS","article":"These folks are mainly hourly contract programmers who were able to make big hourly $$ during the dot com boom. \r\n\r\nContract programmers do not provide an attractive proposition for employers. They are a costly peak workload solution that every employer wants to unload as soon as possible. \r\n\r\nThey simply priced themselves out of the market. Now they want to blame it on foreign competition and age discrimmination. Duh!","author":"B.A.","parent_id":25289,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-01-06 07:00:39","modified":"2003-01-06 07:00:39","fileurl":""}]}\r\n
<\/td> High-tech H-1B Visa Age\r\n Discrimination Against American Workers<\/b><\/td><\/tr>\r\n <\/td> Older\r\n engineers claim discrimination runs rampant in the high-tech world<\/b><\/td><\/tr>\r\n <\/td> Try\r\n harder to hire U.S. tech workers<\/b><\/td><\/tr>\r\n <\/td> Foreign\r\n workers face new opposition in tech slump<\/b><\/td><\/tr>\r\n <\/td> Importing\r\n Foreign High Tech Workers: H-1B - Pay'em less, and the heck with older U.S.\r\n workers!<\/b><\/td><\/tr>\r\n <\/td> The Payoffs\r\n of Stepping Sideways<\/b><\/td><\/tr>\r\n <\/td> H1-B\r\n Visas -- A Time To Cut Back<\/b><\/td><\/tr>\r\n <\/td> More\r\n IT workers say age discrimination is increasing factor in denial of jobs<\/b><\/td><\/tr>\r\n <\/td> Permit\r\n for exploitation?<\/b><\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n \r\n