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Could it be that the tide is finally turning for US workers, particularly white Americans? After being sidelined and even demonized, a new court ruling has opened the door for the American worker—of every color—to make a major comeback. A big staffing agency that places workers in tech jobs has been exposed for discriminating against anyone who isn’t a foreign Indian worker. Thanks to three brave American employees, the agency, named Cognizant of all things, was busted and held accountable for its discrimination and racism, according to a jury. Guess they weren’t all that “cognizant” regarding the law.

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There’s a lot going on with this huge ruling, but one very interesting outcome from the court case revealed that one employee was fired after complaining that he was forced to sign hundreds of fraudulent H-1B visa invitation letters for jobs that didn’t even exist. Apparently, these letters were part of Cognizant’s scheme to secure a large number of H-1B visas and build a “robust inventory” of Indian nationals to place in US companies.

Really makes you wonder how many other staffing agencies working with H-1B visas are doing the same thing—passing over white workers to keep their lucrative business model going…

This story is troubling because we all know this is happening in so many other places, as Americans are being edged out of careers in their own country thanks to self-serving, anti-American companies like this one, who appear to have been up to no good for quite some time.

 

The good news is, this monumental ruling could be a real turning point for US workers.

Tribune News:

A company that supplies thousands of workers for Silicon Valley’s technology industry and other Bay Area employers intentionally discriminated against non-Indian workers, a jury has found.

The jury verdict against Cognizant, founded in Chennai and now headquartered in New Jersey, came Friday in a class-action lawsuit that revolved around claims the firm abused the H-1B visa process. The visa is intended for workers with specialized skills, and Silicon Valley tech firms rely on it heavily to secure top talent and also to obtain workers for lower-level jobs via Cognizant and other staffing firms.

Three U.S.-born workers described in the lawsuit as “Caucasian” — Vartan Piroumian of California, Christy Palmer of Arizona and Edward Cox of Texas — sued Cognizant in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles in 2017. Another plaintiff described as Caucasian, Jean-Claude Franchitti, a green card holder from France, joined as a plaintiff later.

The lawsuit claimed Cognizant ousted many non-Indian workers by first taking them off projects and “benching” them without work, then keeping them benched until firing them in accordance with a company policy.

Cognizant said Monday it was “disappointed with the verdict” and would appeal.

“We provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and have built a diverse and inclusive workplace that promotes a culture of belonging in which all employees feel valued, are engaged and have the opportunity to develop and succeed,” the company said. “Cognizant does not tolerate discrimination and takes such claims seriously.”

Federal government data show Cognizant obtains H-1B visas for hundreds of Indian citizens to work in Bay Area jobs per year, said Ron Hira, a Howard University professor who studies the visa and testified for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit. Data from 2023 show Cognizant placed H-1B holders at Bay Area employers ranging from Google, Meta and Apple to PG&E, Kaiser Permanente and Walmart.

The H-1B has become a political flashpoint. Critics point to abuses including replacement of U.S. workers by visa holders, while the tech industry lobbies to boost the annual cap on new visas past 85,000.

The most recent research, by the Bay Area Council, showed nearly 60,000 foreign citizens on the H-1B were approved to work for Bay Area companies in 2019. The vast majority are from India.

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With an election year on the horizon and the likelihood of even more America First policies once President Trump secures his third victory, this could be the beginning of a revolution for American workers. The tide is turning, and it’s about time US citizens take back control of their own job market. In other words, if you’re a staffing agency relying on H-1B visas, now’s the time to make sure you’re operating above board, because chances are, you haven’t been, and the workers you likely discriminated against just got a huge shot in the arm.

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