West Virginia's IT workers fight state outsourcing

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Source: Computerworld

West Virginia's IT workers are concerned that the state plans to outsource their jobs and have responded with a protest and a lawsuit.

There are about 600 state IT workers in West Virginia, and more than half of them may be affected by outsourcing, according to their union, the West Virginia Public Workers Union.

IT workers, who stayed with the state for lower wages in exchange for job security and state benefits, are worried that their state jobs are "about to evaporate," said Gordon Simmons, a union official.

... The union filed a lawsuit in state court Monday alleging that the state's Office of Technology ignored a legislative mandate to develop a strategic technology plan. Had it done so, the merits of outsourcing versus keeping the IT work in-house would have been examined, Simmons said.

Read more: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9183223/West_Virginia_s_IT_workers_fight_state_outsourcing

[OhioChick]

1. Lawsuit? Good for them! n/t

[ihavenobias]

2. Kick n/t