Posted on 06/11/2016 1:16:30 PM PDT by Hojczyk
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. — American corporations are under new scrutiny from federal lawmakers after well-publicized episodes in which the companies laid off American workers and gave the jobs to foreigners on temporary visas.
But while corporate executives have been outspoken in defending their labor practices before Congress and the public, the American workers who lost jobs to global outsourcing companies have been largely silent.
Until recently. Now some of the workers who were displaced are starting to speak out, despite severance agreements prohibiting them from criticizing their former employers.
Mr. Peña said he had been told at first that he would train his Wipro replacements. But after Senator Durbin’s rebuke, Wipro workers were trained only by employees who would be remaining with Abbott, he said.
He and 13 other former Abbott employees filed federal claims saying they faced discrimination because of their ages and American citizenship, said Sara Blackwell, a lawyer representing them. Those claims are confidential. Ms. Blackwell organized the tavern meeting where Abbott workers were invited to mourn their jobs. Of the small group that came, only Mr. Peña spoke up.
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Executives have one loyalty and that’s their bonuses.
I'd have more sympathy for them if they stuck to their principles and DIDNT accept the hush money.
High population density makes people go somewhat insane.
You will note that 60 Minutes and the other “investigative programs” haven’t done a single program about these situations. No “faces covered and voices disguised” to get the story out .... just the same old MSM pimps and whores!!!
Money is money; they need it to feed themselves and their families.
I didn't enjoy the force separation from my family. Frankly, I think much worse is ahead with a collapsing economy and currency. I want to remain as close to home as possible so I'm not stranded when it goes.
Family may have to learn how to be nomads when business becomes scarce and far between.
Well of course... but in turn who’s foolish for sitting and waiting for them to do it?
I am so very sorry about your son, your wife, and the job thing.
It’s certainly a pilgrimage experience, at best.
Not that we don’t look back with smiles upon our own pilgrim forebears. What’s old is new again.
Exactly! And not many realize it.
ANY job that can be done cheaper in a foreign country will be shipped there after we train our replacements.
Drives me nuts when people like Trump cite manufacturing jobs as being stolen when in fact it is ANY job that an American company can outsource - you name it.
And we have Bill Gates saying that Americans are not educated enough in STEM yet he opens schools in other countries and trains those citizens.
People have to eat. They have kids, mortgages, rent, bills, etc.
IIRC, H&R Block was sending tax work to India. Imagine the data security issues with THAT (on top of the job losses)...
I’d think it would be possible for some person of sufficient means to replace the severance packages for a few of these employees which would allow them to tell their stories. These stories might even make a good campaign ad. :=)
All due respect Harley Lady27 but this former liberal has been telling conservatives this for years. Long before Mr. Trump came along. You want to shut a liberal up? Don’t waste your breath trying to talk sense to them You’d have better luck talking to your dog not to pee on the carpet. When it comes to dealing with liberals punch them in the mouth. Literally. Smack the crap out of them. It’s what they did to conservatives in San Jose. It’s what they always do, if they’re not planting bombs someplace.
“You can’t criticize your former employer? I think the 1st Amendment says something about that”
Respectfully, no. The First Amendment says:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances”.
The Congress is making no law, in this case. Thank you.
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A couple of my co-workers followed my lead. They kept their families in a stable home/school arrangement and went on the road to keep the household financed. It's much easier for one person to do that than dragging a family around. Smart phones and interstate banking have made that level of mobility more reasonable.
Clif High (web bots) anticipates a breakup of the USA into regional republics following a currency collapse. Rather than a nomadic lifestyle, the future would be making a new career/vocation around what remains viable in your region.
protected health and tax info.. not good
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