[Info-vax] Unionised HP staff are today starting industrial action over proposals to offshore their jobs to India

MG marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl
Mon Aug 8 12:07:50 EDT 2011


On 8-8-2011 12:20, Neil Rieck wrote:
> Unionised HP staff are today starting industrial action over proposals
> to offshore their jobs to India
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/08/pcs_industrial_action_hp/
>
> NSR
>
> p.s. as an IT person who has a unionized job in Canada, I can tell you
> that my current contract is the only reason my job isn't over there
> already (not sure what will happen to my job when I retire; the CEP
> isn't that strong). My employer has already out-sourced a huge number
> of non-unionized jobs to India.

That's terrible, that many jobs are hanging by a thread!  (Due to all
the greed.)  I'm glad that this at least some form of barrier against.

  - MG



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