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Techsploitation

An ecosystem of fear surrounds the temporary immigrant technology worker program, with labor brokers exploiting employees through financial bondage that relies on humiliation, intimidation and legal threats.

Posted inImmigration, Techsploitation, Worked Over

Senator cites CIR investigation in hearing on abuse of tech workers

by Matt Smith March 19, 2015June 30, 2021

In a hearing this week about the H-1B visa program, Sen. Chuck Grassley cited The Center for Investigative Reporting’s Techsploitation series, which found widespread abuse of foreign high-tech workers in the U.S.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

Visa program for ‘best and brightest’ also used to fill low-wage jobs

by Jennifer Gollan December 5, 2014April 23, 2015

In the heated immigration debate, America’s temporary visa program for highly skilled workers often is portrayed as a crucial piston in the nation’s economy.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

How Obama’s immigration plan will help skilled workers who hold visas

by Matt Smith and Jennifer Gollan December 1, 2014April 23, 2015

President Barack Obama’s executive actions make it easier for work visa holders to switch jobs and for the Department of Labor to crack down on employers that mistreat skilled immigrant employees.

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Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

Visa fraud in US tech industry relies on falsified job letters

by Matt Smith November 21, 2014April 23, 2015

Despite government efforts to stamp out abuses in America’s visa program for highly skilled workers, unscrupulous job brokers continue to illegally sell visas – sometimes connected to jobs that don’t exist.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

Silicon Valley tech workers locked in jobs with dubious legal tactics

by Matt Smith October 31, 2014April 23, 2015

California’s high-tech industry is famous for friendly methods for holding on to talented workers. But it also has become a hub for less generous retention practices: freezing employees in place and depressing wages by pushing legal boundaries.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

5 tricks tech staffing firms use to exploit immigrant workers

by Matt Smith and Jennifer Gollan October 30, 2014April 23, 2015

Here’s a breakdown of the main tactics manipulative job brokers use to treat immigrant tech workers like indentured servants.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

Federal tech contracts awarded to job brokers with labor violations

by Jennifer Gollan and Matt Smith October 27, 2014April 23, 2015

Porous federal oversight has allowed labor brokers to financially exploit Indian tech workers with little fear of detection. And even those that are caught can continue to survive and thrive – including on taxpayers’ dime.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

Graphic novel: Techsploitation

by Matt Smith October 27, 2014April 23, 2015

This graphic novel tells the true story of an Indian tech worker who has big dreams of a job in the U.S. but finds himself under the thumb of a shady labor broker.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

Case study: Saras America

by Jennifer Gollan and Matt Smith October 27, 2014April 23, 2015

The technology consulting company is among the few niche staffing firms that got into trouble for mistreating Indian workers – yet it continued to survive and thrive.

Posted inTechsploitation, Worked Over

Case study: Tata Consultancy Services

by Jennifer Gollan and Matt Smith October 27, 2014April 23, 2015

Former workers at this tech labor broker say the company tried to collect fees from them after they quit.

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