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3/13/04- The Harsh Truth About Outsourcing!

"Outsourcing is driven by absolute advantage. Asia has an absolute advantage because of its vast excess supply of skilled and educated labor. With First World capital, technology a...

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3/12/04- Mears Transportation Group, Orlando, Florida Retaliates Against Dispatcher Ryan Lawson!

Ryan Lawson, a bus dispatcher for Mears Transportation and also the brother-in-law of Orlando, Florida CWA Local 3108 President Pam Lawson, was fired by Mears Transportation on/abo...

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3/12/04- AFL-CIO E/C Resolution On "Outsourcing America"

"America's workers now know that the Bush Administration will do nothing to stop the off-shoring tidal wave. It's up to Congress, as well as state and local governments, to take im...

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3/11/04- U.S. Firms Attempt to Circumvent H-1B Visa Limits!

U.S. "companies are looking to circumvent the limit by carving out exceptions for the most highly educated employees, figuring there will be less opposition to those workers." Down...

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3/11/04- Morality and Trade!

Senator John Edwards may be out of the running for the Democratic presidential nomination, but the issue he brought forth remains in the race. Because of his prodding, offshore out...

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3/11/04- Education May Not Be The Answer!

President Bush and Alan Greenspan believe the best response to the movement of U.S. jobs offshore is the same thing it's always been: Educating U.S. workers so they can get better ...

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3/11/04- The Jobs Crisis And The GOP!

They're calling it the jobless recovery. Wrong. Millions of jobs are being created. They're just not being created here in the United States. Download article by Patrick J. Buchana...

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3/10/04- U.S. Jobs Going Offshore - Election 2004 Issue!

One of the major political issues in the 2004 presidential election is framing up to be outsourcing, the movement of jobs and sometimes entire companies to other countries in searc...

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3/10/04- Debt Collection Going Offshore!

And now, debt collectors are quietly moving operations, and hence access to the financial records of millions of U.S. consumers, to places like India, the Philippines and the Carri...

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3/09/04- Kentucky Answered Call of the Future!- But Got Bad News!

Kentucky had ponied up $7.6 million in cash and incentives to land Sykes Enterprises over 4 1/2 years ago. Officials were betting that computer help-desk call centers would instant...

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