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Laid-Off Americans, Required to Zip Lips on Way Out, Grow Bolder
New York Times ^ | June 11,2016 | Julia Preston

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: displacedamericans; displacedemployees; economy; h1b
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To: the_individual2014

Executives have one loyalty and that’s their bonuses.


61 posted on 06/11/2016 5:23:46 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
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To: Hojczyk
Now some of the workers who were displaced are starting to speak out, despite severance agreements prohibiting them from criticizing their former employers.

I'd have more sympathy for them if they stuck to their principles and DIDNT accept the hush money.

62 posted on 06/11/2016 5:27:35 PM PDT by WeatherGuy
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To: HiTech RedNeck

High population density makes people go somewhat insane.


63 posted on 06/11/2016 5:28:58 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
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To: Hojczyk

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!!!


64 posted on 06/11/2016 6:21:57 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The Mofia is a private crime family; whereas, the DOJ is the gov't's political crime family.)
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To: WeatherGuy

Money is money; they need it to feed themselves and their families.


65 posted on 06/11/2016 6:56:24 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
I did a "road trip" that lasted from June 21, 2009 to Sept 14, 2014. It was supposed to be 2 to 5 weeks. Obama crashed all my contract work. The alternative required being physically on site in a spin-dial room. I saw my wife and kids for a week in June and a week between Christmas and New Year's Day. One exception...I had to go home for a couple weeks in May 2012 to bury my oldest son. I retained my job, but took a big income hit to pay for my out of town living costs and higher state income taxes in CA. I returned home to Idaho in Sept 2014 as my wife was starting her battle with breast cancer. I was immediately reduced to 12 hours a week of paid work and lost my medical coverage. That persisted until Dec 2014. Not much fun. Have been back in the saddle working from home since then.

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.

66 posted on 06/11/2016 7:14:31 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

Family may have to learn how to be nomads when business becomes scarce and far between.


67 posted on 06/11/2016 7:35:36 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Well of course... but in turn who’s foolish for sitting and waiting for them to do it?


68 posted on 06/11/2016 7:36:34 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Myrddin

I am so very sorry about your son, your wife, and the job thing.


69 posted on 06/11/2016 7:37:31 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: combat_boots

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.


70 posted on 06/11/2016 7:41:10 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: markman46

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.


71 posted on 06/11/2016 7:52:24 PM PDT by american colleen
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To: WeatherGuy

People have to eat. They have kids, mortgages, rent, bills, etc.


72 posted on 06/11/2016 7:54:52 PM PDT by american colleen
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To: markman46

IIRC, H&R Block was sending tax work to India. Imagine the data security issues with THAT (on top of the job losses)...


73 posted on 06/11/2016 8:45:34 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Lower Deck

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. :=)


74 posted on 06/11/2016 8:57:06 PM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: HarleyLady27

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.


75 posted on 06/11/2016 10:02:49 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
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To: ozzymandus

“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.


76 posted on 06/11/2016 11:09:26 PM PDT by jttpwalsh
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To: combat_boots
The last 8 years have been trying. The financial crash before Obama was inaugurated wiped out $500k (over half) of my retirement savings/investments of 20 years duration. There is little choice but to adapt. We did. Just celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary last Thursday.
77 posted on 06/11/2016 11:36:37 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Family may have to learn how to be nomads when business becomes scarce and far between.

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.

78 posted on 06/11/2016 11:47:58 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: american colleen
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. Bill Gates is a hypocrite. He is very pro taxes for the peons of Washington state, while doing all he can to avoid any taxes for his companies, and, I am sure, himself.
79 posted on 06/12/2016 8:07:55 AM PDT by conservative cat
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To: kearnyirish2

protected health and tax info.. not good


80 posted on 06/12/2016 10:21:35 AM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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