N-gated Hacker News4h ago
Oracle’s strategy: lay off employees 🤖 while filing thousands of H-1B #petitions to hire “cheaper” replacements. Because who needs #job #security when you can have a revolving door of bewildered workers? 🚪💼
https://nationaltoday.com/us/tx/austin/news/2026/04/03/oracle-files-thousands-of-h-1b-visa-petitions-amid-mass-layoffs/ #Oracle #layoffs #H1B #workforce #issues #HackerNews #ngated
Oracle Files Thousands of H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs - Austin Today

Oracle, the software company headquartered in Austin, Texas, has filed thousands of petitions for H-1B visas in the past two fiscal years, even as it lays off thousands of American workers as part of a broader organizational shift. Federal data shows Oracle filed for 2,690 H-1B visas in fiscal year 2025 and 436 so far in fiscal year 2026, totaling over 3,100 visa requests.

National Today
Global News Edmonton3d ago
Alberta proposes election blackout on citizen-led referendum questions
Petitions currently completed or underway wouldn't be affected by the two-year blackout period, and corresponding deadlines for holding a referendum would be repealed.
#Politics #DanielleSmith #Petition #Referendum
https://globalnews.ca/news/11752425/alberta-election-blackout-referendum-questions/
راديو وياك | RadioWayak3d ago

نكاية بنا في عيد الأضحى

القناة 12: #المحكمة #العليا تمهل #الحكومة و#الكنيست شهرين للرد على #الالتماسات ضد #قانون إعدام #الأسرى #الفلسطينيين ولا تصدر أمرًا #احترازيا لتجميد #القانون

Channel 12: The #Supreme #Court gives the #government and #Knesset two months to respond to #petitions against the #law executing #Palestinian #prisoners and issues no #injunction to freeze the #law

Show threadFlippin' 'eck, Tucker!5d ago

A couple more #petitions that have been rejected by the UK Parliament. The gits.

3/3

Show threadFlippin' 'eck, Tucker!5d ago

More rejected #petitions

2/n

Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!5d ago

It's that time again!

Yes, I am once more trawling the UK Government's Petitions website and looking through the list of those petitions that were rejected.

#petitions

1/n

CBC CalgaryMar 26
4 more recall petition efforts targeting Alberta lawmakers fall short
The final four Alberta recall petitions aimed at unseating United Conservative members of the legislature have failed.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-recall-petitions-ucp-march-9.7142650?cmp=rss
CBC EdmontonMar 26
4 more recall petition efforts targeting Alberta lawmakers fall short
The final four Alberta recall petitions aimed at unseating United Conservative members of the legislature have failed.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-recall-petitions-ucp-march-9.7142650?cmp=rss
KolibriMar 25
Hello les mastonautes citoyen-nes européen-nes,
#Israel continue à mener sa politique criminelle #crimesContreHumanite #genocide, ces faits sont bien documentés, malgré tout l'accord d'association EU reste en vigueur.
Signez la pétition : https://eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#/screen/home
#petitions
CBC EdmontonMar 12
Recall petitions launched against Alberta MLAs Peter Guthrie and Marie Renaud
After a flurry of recall petitions against Alberta politicians filed late last year, Elections Alberta has approved the first of 2026: one to recall Airdrie-Cochrane MLA and Progressive Tory Party Leader Peter Guthrie, and another against NDP MLA for St. Albert Marie Renaud.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/peter-guthrie-marie-renaud-recall-petition-launches-9.7126559?cmp=rss