Posts tagged H-1B
H-1B Workers Still Underpaid? Report Urges DOL To Switch To ‘Experience Benchmarking’ Over ‘Blind’ Method
April 5, 2026 // The DOL proposal, currently open for public comment, would increase wage benchmarks across experience levels to better align foreign workers’ pay with that of U.S. workers. The rule could raise required wages by roughly 21% to 33%, with entry-level salaries potentially jumping by about one-third under the new formula, according to previous reporting by The Dallas Express. However, the IFP paper argues the department’s primary approach, known as “Blind Benchmarking,” contains structural flaws that would allow underpayment to persist.
Unions sue Trump over immigrant drivers license crackdown
October 28, 2025 // The employee unions challenged a rule implemented by Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy restricting foreign individuals from receiving commercial drivers licenses. Commercial drivers licenses are used for operating large vehicles such as tractor-trailers and buses. Nineteen states and the District of Columbia allow unauthorized immigrants to receive commercial drivers licenses. In California, more than 25% of commercial drivers licenses were improperly issued, according to a Department of Transportation press release.
US Supreme Court won’t review rule allowing H-1B holders’ spouses to work
October 15, 2025 // The justices denied a petition, opens new tab by Save Jobs USA, which represents American tech workers who it says were displaced by foreign labor, to review a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that said the Department of Homeland Security had the power to adopt the rule in 2015. Following its usual practice, the court did not explain its decision.
Fearing AI will take their jobs, California workers plan a long battle against tech
January 19, 2025 // More than 200 trade union members and technologists gathered in Sacramento this week at a first-of-its-kind conference to discuss how AI and other tech threatens workers and to strategize for upcoming fights and possible strikes. The Making Tech Work for Workers event was convened by University of California labor centers, unions, and worker advocates and attracted people representing dock workers, home care workers, teachers, nurses, actors, state office workers, and many other occupations.