Unions protest against UK jobs coming to India

[OhioChick]

LONDON: UK's two biggest unions UNISON and UNITE are protesting against the possibility of thousands of back office jobs being outsourced to India by local councils, following budget cuts imposed by the country's ruling coalition at the centre, spearheaded by Conservative party prime minister David Cameron.

A spokesperson at UNISON said: "We are watching the situation very closely." A UNITE spokesman addedd: "We have to be very vigilant."

UNISON has started mobilising its 10,000-odd members working at the Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, for a strike. It claimed that 70 people holding Information Technology (IT) posts have been served redundancy notices and jobs will be offshored to India. UNITE cautioned: "This is only the tip of the iceberg."

"The council plans to outsource more jobs to India," UNISON's regional organiser Mark New said. Its spokesperson added: "The only reason the council is outsourcing jobs is that they can be done cheaper in India." According to unions, "employees who face sacking, have been told to train their replacements in India before leaving."

More: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-04/uk/29620702_1_outsource-more-jobs-office-jobs-unison

[OHdem10]

1. High unemployment in UK so they outsource more jobs., sounds

just like the U.S. AIN'T UNMANAGED TRADE and GLOBALIZATION
just grand.

The World Leaders had best get a handle on this.

[JustAmused]

2. True

But at least there they will actually strike over this.

[provis99]

3. IT and computer jobs in UK have higher than average unemployment.

http://thenextweb.com/uk/2010/07/02/the-least-employable-graduates-in-the-uk-computer-science-graduates/

Unemployment for new graduates is 17%, even higher than architects and engineers.
so lack of willing workers is a bullshit issue.