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UK House to probe job losses to India
London, Aug 19: The global backlash against offshore outsourcing to Indian IT companies is gathering steam in the UK as well the US and is acquiring wider political dimensions.
London, Aug 19: The global backlash against offshore outsourcing to Indian IT companies is gathering steam in the UK as well the US and is acquiring wider political dimensions.
In the UK, perturbed over the continuing loss of jobs in Britain, a House of Commons Committee plans to launch a wide-ranging inquiry into alleged loss of call centre and IT jobs from the UK to countries like India.
Across the ocean, in the US, Bills have been put forward by legislators in five US states, requiring workers hired under state contracts to be American citizens or fill a special niche citizens cannot fill.
"We will be raising the issue of the removal of UK jobs to call centres to places like India," Martin O'Neill, chairman of the Commons Trade and Industry Select Committee, said on Monday.
Last month, former US ambassador Robert Blackwill and former secretary of state Henry Kissinger made comments indicating that opposition in the US to outsourcing could soon become a “political problem.”
Bureau Report
Across the ocean, in the US, Bills have been put forward by legislators in five US states, requiring workers hired under state contracts to be American citizens or fill a special niche citizens cannot fill.
"We will be raising the issue of the removal of UK jobs to call centres to places like India," Martin O'Neill, chairman of the Commons Trade and Industry Select Committee, said on Monday.
Last month, former US ambassador Robert Blackwill and former secretary of state Henry Kissinger made comments indicating that opposition in the US to outsourcing could soon become a “political problem.”
Bureau Report