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To: gao seng who wrote (266679)	6/25/2002 10:39:13 AM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Is there a coincidence that 40 Senators, almost all liberals, according to the WSJ today, are millionaires, and the existence of this and other anti-American government sponsored programs? - Sun Layoffs Draw Federal Scrutiny U.S. Investigating Claims Sun Layoffs Favored Foreign Workers SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Federal authorities are investigating claims that Sun Microsystems Inc. favored U.S.-based foreign workers over American citizens during a recent round of layoffs. The Justice and Labor departments launched their probes after a complaint filed in April by Guy Santiglia, who lost his Sun engineering job in October along with 3,900 other employees. ADVERTISEMENT Santiglia, 36, said the Unix server giant favored holders of H-1B visas because those engineers may be paid less. The visa program was expanded in 2000 to help fill the ranks of workers during the high-tech boom. Now, Santiglia and others claim, the program allows companies to hire lower-paid and more pliable workers at the expense of U.S. citizens. The federal agencies declined to confirm or deny the existence of an investigation. Sun confirmed it has been asked for documents related to Santiglia's claims and is cooperating. In an e-mail, Sun spokeswoman Diane Carlini said the layoffs "were driven by business needs going forward, employee skill and performance. Foreign national status was not a factor in the selection." Santiglia, who has a degree in electrical engineering from Montana State University, said he knows of at least three other laid-off Sun employees who have similar claims. "There's people complaining from all over Sun, from New Hampshire to Colorado, that the H-1Bs did not get laid off from their groups," he said. The Justice Department usually investigates complaints about the H-1B visa program as it relates to a law that bars discrimination on the basis of citizenship status. The Labor Department, however, says it has no rules about favoring U.S. citizens during layoffs. biz.yahoo.com

To: gao seng who wrote (266679)	6/25/2002 11:39:26 AM
From: WTSherman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

<The UN is a joke and a disgrace to mankind. A war on terrorism, yawn. Potatoes are being used to feed people? Holy mackerel, that is an emergency.< Are you really this much of a Luddite? It's the World Health Organization that's calling this meeting. Think about it..."Health"..."Cancer"...they're related. WHO has nothing to do with the alleged "war" on terrorism that the clowns running our government are making believe that they are conducting. If we were really fighting a war on terrorism we wouldn't have asked a bunch of war lords to try and catch Bin Laden for us. If the WHO looking into cancer risks is the worst thing that the UN does I don't think there's a problem... get a life...