Thread: UK workers to strike as jobs move to India

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UK workers to strike as jobs move to India

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By Examiner Staff @ Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:33 PM

British trade union Unite said that British employees in Manchester and Skelmersdale are to take strike action after their employer Steria said their jobs would move to India.

The Steria employees provide IT support to Cooperative Financial Services, and 31 will be made redundant as part of an "offshoring" policy the French firm has initiated.

Other workers are afraid they might lose their jobs to India.

Unite negotiator Richard Lynch said: "The bote for industrial action is a clear reflection of our members' anger that their jobs are being offshored to India at a time of increasing uncertainty in the UK." He said Unite believed exporting jobs is unacceptable in the current economic climate.

Steria has responded to the Unite statement. UK CEO John Torrie, said: "Steria and Co-operative Financial Services work in some of the most highly competitive industries. Competitive advantage is especially important in today’s economic environment and we aim to help our clients excel at utilising UK employees flexibly for maximum efficiency and minimal long term risk. It is precisely this approach that is strengthening UK jobs not putting them at risk. Our clients demand nothing less."

He said: ""Although Unite have been successful in achieving a mandate for industrial action at our Co-operative Services Account in Manchester, we would ask both Unite and our employees to take a considered approach both in terms of any planned action but also when it comes to the need for redundancies. The low turn out for the ballot combined with the fact that just 65 people out of a membership in excess of 175 voted to support action, highlights that the appetite for industrial action goes against the wishes of the vast majority of members. A huge amount of time and effort has gone into mitigating against redundancies. Our discussions with Unite and employee representatives are on-going."

He continued :"We utilise our combined workforce flexibly across geographies to deliver the best business model for our clients and ensure UK companies continue to remain competitive. It is this business approach that is responsible for creating new employment opportunities at Steria and client sites across the UK.â€

They can strike all they want. It's more incentive for the corporations there in old blighty to move abroad even faster.

This makes about as much sense as an unarmed bobby shouting at a crook to stop after committing a crime.

our clients excel at utilising UK employees flexibly for maximum efficiency and minimal long term risk. It is precisely this approach that is strengthening UK jobs not putting them at risk. Our clients demand nothing less."

Horsecrap! How is it strengthening UK jobs when you are eliminating UK employees to hire cheap outsourced labor?

Originally Posted by vortex

our clients excel at utilising UK employees flexibly for maximum efficiency and minimal long term risk. It is precisely this approach that is strengthening UK jobs not putting them at risk. Our clients demand nothing less."

Horsecrap! How is it strengthening UK jobs when you are eliminating UK employees to hire cheap outsourced labor?

Bill Gates is saying the same thing. He is saying that allowing American citizens to lose their jobs to foreign temp workers will actually create more jobs that the laid off Americans will be able to take in the future.

He gets away with this because he is telling Congress what they want to hear. Tells you quite a bit about both Bill Gates and Congress...

I am so sick of hearing this kind of convoluted logic: we will take everything away from you now, including being able to feed the family, but LOOK how beautiful the future will be! Any school child can figure this out, so why do these powers-that-be continually underestimate the intelligence of the American people?

Originally Posted by vortex

I am so sick of hearing this kind of convoluted logic: we will take everything away from you now, including being able to feed the family, but LOOK how beautiful the future will be! Any school child can figure this out, so why do these powers-that-be continually underestimate the intelligence of the American people?

Because sadly, it has worked.

http://www.antioffshore.org/index.php?o ... =2131#2131

Bank takes tax payer money and sends jobs offshore - 2008/11/07 09:53 I wanted to draw your attention to this sham bailout for banks at taxpayer expense, yet they continue on a path of job destruction and outsourcing supported by taxpayer money.

As I understand, US Citizens are paying $700bn to bail out insolvent banks for their poor decisions and judgement while their executives looted like bandits, but the very same banks are signing new contracts with indian outsourcing companies even now.

Here is an example
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/c ... 639548.htm? chan=globalbiz_asia+index+page_technology
"That's the largest-ever purchase for TCS. What's more, the company bagged a $2.5 billion contract to provide process outsourcing services, application development, and infrastructure support to Citigroup and its affiliates over nine-and-a-half years"

Let me understand this, US treasury invests $25 bn taxpayer money in Citigroup. Citigroup turns around and awards $2.5 bn out of that to Indian offshoring company - TCS!! This is "corporate socialism" at its finest.

President-Elect Obama, are you seeing this? Or are you just listening to Citigroup director and former treasury secretary Robert Rubin (who is as guilty as Greenspan in precipitating the current credit crisis).

US Govt sould use the new found clout of govt ownership in banks to stop offshoring by these firms while millions of jobs are lost in the US(wait for another report of job losses tomorrow). There should be a law to stop offshoring by the firms that took taxpayer money. Any savings that these firms would get from these contracts are peanuts compared to the massive amount of taxpayer money (almost a trillion dollars) injected into these firms to keep them solvent.

Originally Posted by vortex

I am so sick of hearing this kind of convoluted logic: we will take everything away from you now, including being able to feed the family, but LOOK how beautiful the future will be! Any school child can figure this out, so why do these powers-that-be continually underestimate the intelligence of the American people?

Because sadly, it has worked. (The company mentioned below, TCS is the company that both Hillary Clinton and George Bush have helped bring into the US to replace American workers with Indian temp workers, and yes, we tax payers have given them money to help fund the replacement of more American workers. That is why Paulson's bank bailout was nothing more than one scam after another.)

http://www.antioffshore.org/index.php?o ... =2131#2131

Bank takes tax payer money and sends jobs offshore - 2008/11/07 09:53 I wanted to draw your attention to this sham bailout for banks at taxpayer expense, yet they continue on a path of job destruction and outsourcing supported by taxpayer money.

As I understand, US Citizens are paying $700bn to bail out insolvent banks for their poor decisions and judgement while their executives looted like bandits, but the very same banks are signing new contracts with indian outsourcing companies even now.

Here is an example
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/c ... 639548.htm? chan=globalbiz_asia+index+page_technology
"That's the largest-ever purchase for TCS. What's more, the company bagged a $2.5 billion contract to provide process outsourcing services, application development, and infrastructure support to Citigroup and its affiliates over nine-and-a-half years"

Let me understand this, US treasury invests $25 bn taxpayer money in Citigroup. Citigroup turns around and awards $2.5 bn out of that to Indian offshoring company - TCS!! This is "corporate socialism" at its finest.

President-Elect Obama, are you seeing this? Or are you just listening to Citigroup director and former treasury secretary Robert Rubin (who is as guilty as Greenspan in precipitating the current credit crisis).

US Govt sould use the new found clout of govt ownership in banks to stop offshoring by these firms while millions of jobs are lost in the US(wait for another report of job losses tomorrow). There should be a law to stop offshoring by the firms that took taxpayer money. Any savings that these firms would get from these contracts are peanuts compared to the massive amount of taxpayer money (almost a trillion dollars) injected into these firms to keep them solvent.

That saying "Give em an inch they'll take you a mile".

The workers will never do it by strikes alone.
What the workers need to do is stage country and contenent wide boycott of the goods and services of these companies.
The globalists sell out one set of workers yet expect whoever is left to buy their product. Sounds like an upside down ponzie scheme.
Let the indian people (Or wherever they have shipped the company to) buy the products they produce.

I for myself have started to look for a 'Made in the USA' when I buy something. (Definately if it is a food product or produce) If more people would we a a nation woud be better off.