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Foreign Workers Coming to a Cruise Ship Near You
Posted by Raven on April 29th, 2005
This is freakin outrageous. Talk about pulling a fast one.
“Outsourcing” – which has become synonymous with sending American jobs to India or China – could soon mean foreign workers sleeping in ships just a few miles off America’s coasts.
In an outrageous affront to U.S. labor laws, a California company plans to anchor a 600-cabin cruise ship just beyond the three-mile limit off the coast of El Segundo, near Los Angeles, and stock it with foreign software programmers.
The company, SeaCode, will seek to classify the workers as “seamen,” avoiding U.S. payroll taxes and the need for immigration visas. Programmers from places like India and Russia would work 8-hour or 10-hour shifts, either day or night. Take-home pay: About $21,500 a year.
Compare that to the salary of an American programmer – median salary for programmers is around $60,000, and those with extensive experience can make $125,000 or more – and U.S. companies like SeaCode could reap a windfall.
April 30th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
Probably would make a good target for dropping bowling balls from a light aircraft. Of course one must cover the tail number.
December 31st, 2005 at 10:21 am
Cruise lines returning to New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30 (UPI) — A 600-passenger luxury ship becomes the first cruise ship Saturday to call on the Port of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. .