High-tech out-sourcing and activism

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Probably the following story barely registered a beep on the media's news tickers.

High-tech workers protest in Concord over loss of jobs
Concord - Some thirty high-tech workers staged a Labor Day demonstration in Concord to protest the loss of skilled jobs to overseas contractors.

The protesters paraded outside a Bank of America facility.

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/6672912.htm

Yep, high-tech jobs are being out-sourced to overseas operations. In the end it will be a failure due to lost business knowledge and American ingenuity.

Some associated articles from the CIO Magazine that are pertinent.

The Politics: Backlash
As a growing number of IT jobs move overseas, some CIOs and
economists prophesy a political storm against offshore
outsourcing and a negative perception of those companies
that practice it.
http://www.cio.com/archive/090103/backlash.html

Not a bad idea to boycott those companies that are out-sourcing to overseas companies.

The People: The Radicalization of Mike Emmons
How one laid-off IT worker became a guerrilla campaigner
against offshore outsourcing. "They can't just give away all
these jobs and expect the country to survive," he says.
http://www.cio.com/archive/090103/people.html

Take a stand and fight overseas out-sourcing.