Comcast Gives Employees Time Off to Protest Trump Travel Ban Comcast is giving its employees time off to protest the Trump administration's controversial travel ban, which the tech industry has increasingly stated harms its ability to recruit talented young workers. Reports indicate that Comcast employees in at least four locations planned to leave work to protest Donald Trump's executive order banning refugees and immigrants from seven majority Muslim countries. In a statement, Comcast said it would be giving the employees time off to express their opinions on the restrictions, one way or the other.

“We understand that some of our employees are concerned and we respect their desire to express their opinions,” Comcast said in a statement. "Our primary focus is to make sure that all of our employees feel safe in their jobs, including while traveling," the company continues. "We have assured our employees that no one will be asked to travel to a place that would result in them feeling vulnerable in any way. And, we have enhanced our employee resources programs to help any concerned employee navigate through this matter.” Silicon Valley tech giants are taking things a bit further, however. Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft are circulating an open letter to Donald Trump stating that the executive order does more harm than good. The letter is expected to be publicly released later this week. "We share your goal of ensuring that our immigration system meets today’s security needs and keeps our country safe," said a draft of the letter obtained by Bloomberg. "We are concerned, however, that your recent Executive Order will affect many visa holders who work hard here in the United States and contribute to our country’s success.” "We share your goal of ensuring that our immigration system meets today’s security needs and keeps our country safe," said a draft of the letter obtained by Bloomberg. "We are concerned, however, that your recent Executive Order will affect many visa holders who work hard here in the United States and contribute to our country’s success.”







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Harddrive

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Mission, TX 61 recommendations Harddrive Premium Member "our immigration system"

And we're tired, especially in the IT sector, of not getting a job because of the Corporate abuse of the H-1B work visa program. The program where a corporate entity can pay someone from another country two thirds of what you would have to pay an American Citizen.

Corporate America, you are part of the problem with regards to hard working American Citizens making a living wage. Your abuse of the H-1B work visa system is noted. Your disregard for the thousands of homeless Veterans is noted.





It's not your corporate immigration system, you pinhead corporate idiots. It's America's. America belongs to the legal citizens of this Country.And we're tired, especially in the IT sector, of not getting a job because of the Corporate abuse of the H-1B work visa program. The program where a corporate entity can pay someone from another country two thirds of what you would have to pay an American Citizen.Corporate America, you are part of the problem with regards to hard working American Citizens making a living wage. Your abuse of the H-1B work visa system is noted. Your disregard for the thousands of homeless Veterans is noted. mlcarson

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Santa Maria, CA 53 recommendations mlcarson Member Stop the H-1B program Sounds like they're just nervous that the H-1B gravy train might come to an end. The termination of the H-1B visa program would be one of the best things Trump could do for the American worker. Neither party has ever wanted to do that though.

cralt

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CT 29 recommendations cralt Member H1B Comcast has "in-sourced" lots of their support and call centers with indentured servants aka H1Bs. Thats all these tech companies actually care about.

kdwycha

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Ruskin, FL 27 recommendations kdwycha Member Heh! Wish my employer would let me off for this. I just ate a 1/2 pound cheeseburger and am ready for a nap, not work in 15 minutes. netnothing

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Derry, NH 18 recommendations netnothing Member New Fee No worries. Comcast will add a Protest Fee of $1.99 to all our bills within a few months to cover for this!

imanogre

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Smyrna, GA 17 recommendations imanogre Member Yay Maybe Trump will get mad and allow Net Neutrality!!!!

tshirt

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Snohomish, WA 14 recommendations tshirt Premium Member So this "employee" protest suits Comcasts needs... ...would they extend the same courtesy/cooperation to other employee political expressions? such as unionization? $15+ minimum wage march? health-care concerns? Sliffer21

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Dunbar, WV 13 recommendations Sliffer21 Member RE: Comcast Gives Employees Time Off to Protest Trump Travel Ban quote: tech industry has increasingly stated harms its ability to recruit talented young workers. Should read "harms ability to hire talented young workers at a cheaper pay rate". Should read "harms ability to hire talented young workers at a cheaper pay rate".

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11 recommendations FureverFurry Premium Member Paid time off -- paid by whom ? How lovely - those upset workers are getting paid time off to protest. And who is ultimately PAYING their wages? We subscribers are.



Like others have posted, I suspect the corporate heads at CC are more concerned about getting more H1B workers than any alleged outrage. Maybe Brian Roberts should start cultivating golf with President Trump -- as he did with Obama.

stevek1949

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Virginia Beach, VA 10 recommendations stevek1949 Premium Member Comcast Gives Employees Time Off to Protest Trump Travel Ban Disney has already given"time off" to US workers. They hired foreign workers to take their places at a lower rate and then forced the employees to train them! mmmdonuts

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Raleigh, NC 7 recommendations mmmdonuts Member Empty gesture, PR stunt... ...enough said. afn06011

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Florida 6 recommendations afn06011 Member Equal play Is Comcast going to give it's employees equal time of to march/Anti-protest in support of Trump?

No.. I thought not. I'm sure there were Comcast employees who would of wanted to attend the inauguration, and support Trump, but no way in BLEEP could they get time off. rradina

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6 recommendations rradina Member Confused... I've tried my best to read and understand the executive order. However, I remain deeply confused. When I read in the order doesn't seem to support the reactions of media, corporations and the public.



Based on what I read, this is a 90 day travel ban for citizens of select countries that have been identified as dangerous and a 120 day ban on all refugees except for Syrian refugees. Syrian refugees are banned until further notice. Regarding the travel ban, no other country's citizens are affected. There was initial confusion regarding green card holders but that fog seems to have lifted. Green card holders from the dangerous countries will be allowed on a case-by-case basis after potentially receiving additional scrutiny within the latitude granted to the DHS.



Of the countries in the 90 day ban, only two have significant immigration numbers -- Iraq and Iran.



So here's my question. What am I missing? The reactions paint a sky that's falling. Other than the 90 day travel ban for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia, how does this affect corporations staffing their positions with H1B workers? Do we staff that many people from the dangerous countries? Are H1B folks considered refugees -- which all are banned for 120 days? Did I miss something else in the order that halts H1B folks from entering the country from hundreds of other countries that are not on the list?

Anond8fee

@zscaler.com 4 recommendations Anond8fee Anon Time to Break up COMCAST It is time the feds break up COMCAST as it is too big.



That is my view and I am sticking to it.