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Sen. Blumenthal demands lifting of IT 'gag' order
DOJ is asked to probe utilitys replacement of U.S. workersFeb 8, 2016 12:44 PM PT
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the layoff and replacement of IT workers at a state energy utility.
Approximately 200 IT workers at Northeast Utilities (now called Eversource Energy) lost their jobs in 2014. It happened after the firm brought in two India-based IT services firms. Some of the IT workers reported training foreign replacements. The IT firms, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services, are major users of H-1B visa workers.
This incident might have faded away by now, but new details gave rise to Blumenthal's letter.
Although it has been long known that the utility's severance included a non-disparagement clause, the specific wording has never been public until Computerworld published it last week. This clause bars discussion "that would tend to disparage or discredit" the utility [emphasis added].
More: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3030270/it-careers/sen-blumenthal-demands-lifting-of-it-gag-order.html
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Sen. Blumenthal demands lifting of IT 'gag' order (Original Post)
OhioChick
Feb 2016
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. It's hard to believe this is allowed to happen.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)2. That these people are training their replacements shows the hollowness of calims by management...
that they can't find qualified people in the USA. It's so totally bogus any idiot can see through that--even me!
Skittles
(153,185 posts)4. a heart for you my sweet
always fighting the good fight