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Lawmaker asks Microsoft about keeping American workers
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| U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has sent a letter to Microsoft Chief
| Executive Steve Ballmer expressing concern over how the company may go about
| its layoffs.
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| "I am concerned that Microsoft will be retaining foreign guest workers rather
| than similarly qualified American employees when it implements its layoff
| plan," Grassley said in the letter, posted to his Web site on Friday.
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| The company announced plans Thursday to cut a net 2,000 to 3,000 jobs over
| the next 18 months, its first companywide layoff. An initial wave of 1,400
| job cuts were effective Friday.
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| The senator asked Ballmer for details on the jobs to be eliminated; how many
| are held by H-1B or other work-visa-program employees; how many are held by
| Americans and, of those positions, how many similar positions held by foreign
| guest workers are being retained; and how many H-1B or other
| work-visa-program workers Microsoft will retain when the layoff is complete.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2008665300_microsoft24.html
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