LA Times: Edison's plans to cut jobs, hire foreign workers is assailed - Has been said that all Western nations are ruled by hybrid Multicultural Marxist - predatory capitalist governments. --tma

 Edison's plans to cut jobs, hire foreign workers is assailed



Southern California Edison's plans to lay off hundreds of employees and hire foreign workers instead is coming under attack from lawmakers in Congress and local unions.

On Tuesday, more than 300 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers rallied in Irvine in support of their fellow Edison employees and protested what they say are unfair labor practices.

Meanwhile, members of Congress are upset about reports that Edison is laying off workers in favor of bringing in cheaper labor from overseas under the controversial H-1B visa program. The visas are intended to bring in skilled and educated foreign workers.

 Group rallies in support of Edison information technology workers
Southern California Edison plans to lay off hundreds of information technology workers. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers rallied outside an Edison building in support of the IT workers.

Edison denied that it was using the H-1B program to fill jobs previously held by U.S. workers. ...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-edison-layoffs-20150211-story.html