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US Senator Gets Tongue Tied in India Over Offshoring Date: January 13, 2006 Source: WashTech News Seattle - Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) is the latest politician embroiled in controversy on the hot-button topic of outsourcing and offshoring of U.S. jobs and the impacts of corporate globalization. GAO Report: More Research Needed on Offshoring, Smith Introduces Trade Assistance Reform Bill Date: December 06, 2005 Source: WashTech News Outsourcing of services to foreign countries has affected the U.S. economy and workers, but it is too early to tell what the long-term impacts will be for the economy, according to a report released last week by the Government Accounting Office (GAO). Cingular Organizing Drive A Success Date: November 18, 2005 Source: WashTech News Nearly 1000 call center workers at a Cingular office in Bothell, Wash. are going union. The American Arbitration Association certified by card check Nov. 4 that a majority of the workers wanted CWA union recognition. They will be represented by WashTech/ CWA Local 37083 in Seattle. Microsoft: The Forest and the Trees Date: August 11, 2005 Source: WashTech News Bill Gates is having trouble finding good quality programmers to work as software engineers. Deep Throat Move Over: Disgruntled IT Employees Expose All Date: August 01, 2005 Source: WashTech News Another day, another set of corporate slides arrives in the WashTech/CWA Local 37083 office in Seattle. “We don’t go looking for these slides,” said Marcus Courtney, President of WashTech. “But disgruntled employees continue to send evidence of their companies’ offshoring plans to us through anonymous phone calls, faxes, emails and even brown paper envelopes.” |
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'We’ve accomplished a lot. We have pressured IBM into withdrawing some of its pension changes, generated congressional hearings, and held seminars educating employees on their rights.'