UCSF workers claim discrimination in IT outsourcing
Ten UCSF information technology workers lodged discrimination claims this week with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, alleging they were laid off because they are too old and from the U.S. The workers are being replaced by young, male technicians from India, according to the UCSF employees… Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, wrote UC president Janet Napolitano last month that the contract appears to be a misuse of H-1B visas and could imperil confidential patient information and research. The cuts amount to almost 20 percent of the IT staff.
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by Louis Hansen, The Mercury News.