Politech: Unions plan to inject outsourcing of tech jobs into campaign

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/2010-1028-5138791.html

Union activists are planning to inject the controversial topic of
overseas outsourcing of technology jobs into the 2004
presidential race.

The Democratic presidential contenders already have been trading barbs
over the loss of U.S.-based manufacturing jobs. At debates last week
in Iowa and on National Public Radio, the Democratic hopefuls sparred
over who had the best solutions, with Dennis Kucinich painting himself
as the most radical opponent of free trade, which he believes is "a
disaster for our economy." ...
 
"At this point, the presidential candidates seem only to be grasping
that jobs in the manufacturing sector are going overseas," said Marcus
Courtney, a union organizer with the Washington Alliance of Technology
Workers, part of the Communications Workers of America. "They don't
seem to grasp that the economy has changed and that service jobs at
every level, including highly paid engineering jobs, are going
overseas just like the manufacturing jobs did." ...
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