Indian tech giants face lawsuits in U.S. |
Fueling the anti H-1B dialogue of the Trump administration, Indian tech giants Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys are facing lawsuits in the U.S., over wage discrimination and unfair hiring practices. The lawsuits follow in the tracks of a lawsuit filed Aug. 15 against HCL Technologies, which alleged that the Indian multinational giant unfairly favored Indian Americans in its hiring practices.TCS faces the same allegations in a lawsuit filed in August by three U.S. citizens, who allege that the company prefers to bring in Indian H-1B workers even when there are trained U.S. citizens who could fill the positions. The lawsuit – brought about by plaintiffs Darryl Stacy, Donald Stephen Bradley and Hesham Hafez in the District Court of New Jersey – alleged that TCS also discriminates when it hires locally, disproportionately favoring Indian Americans and South Asian Americans.Stacy and Bradley worked for Southern California Edison; laid-off workers from the power supply company have formed an ad-hoc organization – Save Jobs USA – which has filed a lawsuit stating that H-1B workers and their H-4 spouses with work permits steal jobs from American workers.
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