http://news.com.com/2010-1028-5138791.html Union activists are planning to inject the controversial topic of overseas outsourcing of technology jobs into the 2004 presidential race. The Democratic presidential contenders already have been trading barbs over the loss of U.S.-based manufacturing jobs. At debates last week in Iowa and on National Public Radio, the Democratic hopefuls sparred over who had the best solutions, with Dennis Kucinich painting himself as the most radical opponent of free trade, which he believes is "a disaster for our economy." ... "At this point, the presidential candidates seem only to be grasping that jobs in the manufacturing sector are going overseas," said Marcus Courtney, a union organizer with the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, part of the Communications Workers of America. "They don't seem to grasp that the economy has changed and that service jobs at every level, including highly paid engineering jobs, are going overseas just like the manufacturing jobs did." ... _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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