Tag: guest workers

Business

Construction, other industries speak out against guest worker deal

Just when it looked like the final hurdle to immigration reform had been cleared, dozens of business groups, including half a dozen representing construction professionals, have called into question a new guest worker program agreed to by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO. As we recently reported, the new guest worker program, called […]

April 12, 2013

Business

Caterpillar CEO calls for more visas for foreign engineers, path to legal status for undocumented immigrants

During a speech at the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition in Chicago, Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman said his company has a hard time retaining talent and filling lower-skilled positions due to the hard time its foreign workers have in obtaining a visa to stay in the U.S. “Today, we (employers) have gaps in our workforce. We have […]

April 5, 2013