State Workers Union Goes Ballistic Over Outsourcing of Jobs to India

[OhioChick]

Thursday, Jul. 16 2009 @ 1:22PM

The Tennessee State Employees Association sent a scathing letter to Gov. Phil Bredesen today, castigating the administration for outsourcing state jobs to India. The union is demanding an end to any state contract sending jobs outside Tennessee.

"The Indian workers employed with Tennessee tax dollars are not using their incomes to invest in housing or buy clothing here in Tennessee. Not one penny of their salaries is making its way into Tennessee sales tax coffers. While the Indian economy prospers as a result of our foolish contracting practices, some Tennessee families are wondering where their next meal is coming from.
"The bus is leaving town and our tax dollars, our jobs, our prosperity, is on board. Please Governor Bredesen, put on the brakes. Order your commissioners to immediately stop the harmful practice of sending our jobs out of Tennessee."

http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/pitw/2009/07/state_workers_union_goes_balli.php

A continuation of this story:

Lawmakers Question Call Center Outsourcing (Food Stamp Claims to India)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x463864

[stuball111]

1. The Free TRade.. train is...

OUT OF CONTROL!

[ChromeFoundry]

2. Fire all the administrators that were...

involved in making this decision. There are plenty of others ready to take their place!

[burning rain]

3. If conservatives were a bit more clever, they'd come back with "Oh, so you're racist?"

"Don't want Indians to have jobs, eh? I see how it is." It might even work because the American left tends not to care enough about class, labor, and working folks' issues to fight, and any imputation of racism turns most liberals' knees to jelly.

[Dr.Phool]

4. Don't go ballistic. Go on fucking strike!!!!!

Shut the whole state down.

[Citizen Worker]

5. Is it time for a

general strike? Of course, but we are far too timid to do that. That is, until our own jobs are outsourced then we'll be mad as hell.

Just think of the possibilities if we all just stayed home for a day, stayed away from the shopping malls, didn't buy gas and demanded that the outsourced jobs be brought back.

Just think of the possibilities. I know, I'm dreaming.