<http://www.allianceibm.org> <http://www.allianceibm.org> News and links for IBM employees, contractors and retirees concerned with workplace issues please visit www.allianceibm.org <http://www.allianceibm.org> Brought to you by the Alliance at IBM/CWA Local 1701, the National organizing campaign for IBM employees ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *PBS Show This Friday On Outsourcing* This Friday, August 29th, PBS will air an important 1 hour show on outsourcing work to foreign countries "In the midst of steep economic recession and skyrocketing unemployment rates, more and more major American companies are cutting costs by outsourcing work to foreign countries. Now, these exported jobs are taking their toll on college-educated and skilled professional workforce. With experts estimating that 3.3 million white-collar jobs will be sent overseas by 2015, is America's middle class being hollowed out? On Friday, August 29, 2003 at 9PM on PBS NOW goes to India where the country's skilled and educated workforce is answering customer and financial service calls and taking over technology positions for some of America's biggest corporations while millions of Americans search for jobs at home. " Check the local listings at: http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the web address below to tell your co-workers about this. Tell-a-friend! <http://www.unionvoice.org/join-forward.html?domain=alliance_ibm&r=Gdz-3sS1x7aT> If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Alliance at IBM <http://www.unionvoice.org/alliance_ibm/join.html?r=Gdz-3sS1x7aTE>. If you would like to unsubscribe from Alliance at IBM, or update your account settings, please click here <http://www.unionvoice.org/alliance_ibm/smp.tcl?nkey=8d5bkw2o56db> or respond to this email with "REMOVE" as the subject line. <http://> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list