Australia: Bring in the workers

By Jeffrey Francis

The acuteness of Australia’s shortage of workers is far greater than is generally realised.So much so, there is a strong possibility that the federal government will consider an employer push for creating a “guest worker” scheme to bring in from overseas unskilled workers.

US: Workers on visas easy to exploit

By Phil Manger

Once again cries are arising from the information technology industry that it is facing a huge and desperate shortage of qualified programmers and software engineers. To remain competitive – and to maintain America’s lead in IT – industry leaders insist they must bring in hundreds of thousands of guest workers from abroad. That’s the hype.