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Stephenson celebrated the signing of the bill by touting $1,000 bonuses for 200,000 of its workers.“This tax reform will drive economic growth and create good-paying jobs,†Stephenson said at the time. “In fact, we will increase our U.S. investment and pay a special bonus to our U.S. employees.â€But the Communications Workers of America, a union that represents many AT&T employees, said earlier this year that the company cut nearly 28,000 jobs after the bill was passed. On Sunday, Axios reported that the company also plans to lay off thousands more workers “after assigning them to train their own foreign replacements.â€Many of the workers being replaced have been at the company for over a decade but are not being offered severance or early retirement, Axios reported. The company has already inked deals with major outsourcing firms, though a spokesperson insisted to Axios that AT&T is “helping employees find other positions within the company.â€
Salon? GMAFB.
Don't like Salon? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-t-got-a-giant-tax-cut-but-has-laid-off-thousands-union-says/AT&T got a giant tax cut but has laid off thousands, union sayshttps://www.axios.com/trump-att-outsourcing-h1b-visa-foreign-workers-1f26cd20-664a-4b5f-a2e3-361c8d2af502.htmlU.S. companies are forcing workers to train their own foreign replacementsRead it from the people it's happening to https://www.thelayoff.com/t/10ZBAy4b Just like Trump you're great at condemning the source of the news, but not so good defending what is reported. Are you OK with AT&T making employees train their outsourced replacements?Is that the new conservatism?
I'm confused. Are we supposed to be blaming Trump for what some corporation did?
https://www.salon.com/2019/12/31/att-touted-worker-bonuses-after-3-billion-trump-tax-cut-now-its-outsourcing-thousands-of-jobs/ Is this winning?
Yes. Yes it is. At the bottom of the Axios article there is a link Go Deeper.Denial of H1b visas is at an all time high.
I'm confused also, is Trump supposed to pull an Obama and dictate to a private business who it may or may not hire and fire?