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4/21/04- Colorado Offshoring Foes Eye November Ballot!

"If we don't get cooperation from our elected officials, then we have to use the next step, which is the ballot initiative," said Richard Armstrong, president of the National Hire ...

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4/21/04- AFL-CIO President Urges U.S. to Raise Workers' Rights Violations in Talks with Chinese

"The President should use this week's Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) meetings to press the Chinese government to respect workers' fundamental human rights and to pro...

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4/20/04- One Man's Crusade Against Outsourcing U.S. Jobs!

Michael Emmons logged almost six years as a software developer for Seimens ICN in Orlando, Florida. Instead of outsourcing jobs to India, Seimens had a plan that was every bit as c...

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4/20/04- Congress to Exempt 20,000 from H-1B Visa Cap?

There's a new push in Congress to increase by 20,000 the number of foreign workers holding H-1B visas. The bill, introduced by Rep. LAMAR SMITH (R-Texas), is supported by "Compete ...

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4/19/04- AT$T Looking To Acquire India Call Centers!

"U.S. telecom giant AT$T is looking at acquiring Indian call centres in a bid to reduce cost. The U.S. company has been outsourcing to Indian business process outsourcing (BPO) and...

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4/18/04- AT$T Wireless Self-Destructs!

"By January, AT$T Wireless was in the advanced stages of plans to move overseas more than 3,000 positions in its computer operations and customer service, according to the Wall Str...

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AT$T WIRELESS "KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PLAN" (AT$T Workers Forced To Train Indian Replacements!)

Tata Consultancy Services manual used by AT&T Wireless to train offshore replacement workers. Download copy in PDF format....

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4/17/04- OUTSOURCING: A Policy Agenda!

" In short, a comprehensive response to corporate outsourcing requires a sea change in the outlook of both the U.S. public and its politicians toward America's role in the world." ...

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4/17/04- 20 Defenses of Offshoring and Why They Are Wrong!

Defenders of offshoring keep repeating bad arguments: Keep this article handy and you can catalogue them by number. Sometimes, they don't even give rational arguments, just slick p...

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4/16/04- U.S. Chamber To Fight Moves Against Outsourcing!

"The US Chamber of Commerce, the apex body of American business representing some three million companies, has decided to fight the gathering legislative moves against outsourcing ...

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