AGreen Road Project
Published on Nov 10, 2013
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Published on Nov 10, 2013
via http://www.agreenroadproject.org
Shane Larson, Communication Workers of America joins Thom Hartmann.
The U.S. call center industry has lost 500,000 jobs over the last six
years thanks to corporations like bank of America, Well Fargo, and
t-mobile outsourcing Americans jobs to foreign countries where they can
exploit low-wage workers. The big four wall street banks have all moved
their call centers to the Philippines in the last few years, laying off
hundreds of thousands of American workers who bailed out the banks to
the tune of a couple hundred billion dollars back in 2008. Well on
Tuesday, republicans in the house had a chance to put an end to this
giant sucking sound by passing the u.s. call center worker and consumer
protection act. The bill cuts off federal loans and grants to
corporations that outsource American call center jobs. Unfortunately for
Americans workers, the bill failed as house republicans lined up
against it - voting it down, while most democrats supported the bill. So
now, corporations once again have free rein to outsource as many call
center jobs as they like to stimulate the Filipino economy - while
turning their backs on the American economy? So what does Tuesday's vote
say about the republican party and how they really feel about
hardworking Americans? Time to call your member of congress - especially
if they're a republican - and ask why they support stimulating the
Filipino economy over the American economy.
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