1/15/04
There has been a trend lately for U.S. companies to lay off American workers by the thousands and outsource the labor offshore to countries such as India, Philippines, and Jamaica. As with everything there are two sides to this. One from the greedy CEO's position, and one from the unemployed working stiff.
It is my personal opinion that this practice is immoral and detrimental to the American economy. I wouldn't expect any relief from Bush on this issue, he supports this practice and has outsourced his fund raising campaign to Noida Gurgaon, India.
As I am to busy to put together a list of companies that are doing this (it is a big one), my suggestion is to research the products you buy, and alternatively purchase your products from companies that don't partake in this practice. Also, find out what your representatives stance is, make your opinion known to them, and make this issue paramount when voting this fall.
Don’t take my word for it, do your own research and if you are as appalled as I was at the effect this is having on this country, then please forward this or write your own and send to everyone you can.
A recent example is the elimination of 1300 call center jobs for Earthlink in Pennsylvania and California bringing the grand total of American jobs lost overseas at Earthlink to close to 3000 since 2002.
Now multiply this by the hundreds of corporations engaged in this practice and the number of displaced jobs is staggering.
To my friends in the north and in the UK, America is not the only country affected by this trend, it is happening to you too!
Here is a source for more info
http://www.oocenter.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=2
Thank you for your time,
Darrell Brown
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