Offshore Jobs

The Long and the Short of It: America's Jobs Problem Now and for Years to Come

Scott Bittle | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Jobs, Unemployment, Job Creation, Economy, Job Market, Offshore Jobs, Overseas-Jobs, Employment, Business News
Scott Bittle

The United States needs a strategy to help people who need jobs now, and we need a plan to create good jobs for Americans in the years to come.

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Dave Jamieson

Lawmakers Look To Punish Companies That Offshore Call-Center Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: India, India Call Center, Offshore Jobs, Call Center Jobs, Anti-Outsourcing, Call Center Workers, Jobs, Outsourcing Call Center Jobs, Protectionism, Philippines, Call Centers, Outsourced Jobs, Outsourcing, Video, Anti-Outsourcing Bill, Philippines Call Center, Tim Bishop, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Following the lead of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, several states have proposed legislation that would punish American companies that relo...

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The Obama Jobs Plan: Offshore the Jobs Americans Don't Want?

Tim Robertson | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Fair Trade, Free Trade Agreements, Offshore Jobs, Unemployment, Ron Kirk, US Jobs, US Economy, Manufacturing Jobs, Politics News
Tim Robertson

US Trade Representative Ron Kirk doesn't believe many middle-class manufacturing jobs will be a part of America's future. Like many free trade proponents, he views the loss of these jobs as inevitable.

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No Drama Obama

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Offshore Jobs, China Jobs, President Obama, GE Energy, U.S. Manufacturing, Obama, Obama Criticism, Mark Halperin, Obama Press Conference, Politics News
Clarence B. Jones

When I see and listen to Obama, sometimes I think of those memorable words by the gospel hymn composer, James Cleveland: "Nobody told me the road would be easy. But, Lord, don't believe you brought me this far, just to leave me."

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Just Campaigning

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 06.08.2011

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Sen. Fritz Hollings

President Obama needs to get the country out of the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya wars and get into the trade war. Appointing Jeffrey Immelt is just campaigning.

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Solutions Avoided

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, u.s. Jobs, Offshore Jobs, Offshoring Jobs, Economy, Corporate Tax, Value Added Tax, Jobs, Corporate Tax Havens, Corporate America, Business News
Sen. Fritz Hollings

Globalization is nothing more than a trade war with production looking for a cheaper country to produce. If the president stayed in Washington and enforced the trade laws, far more jobs would be created, and the economy would recover.

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Best Off-Broadway Show

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Free Trade, Offshore Jobs, Small Business, Offshoring Jobs, Trade, Trade Laws, Politics News
Sen. Fritz Hollings

Rather than performing its duty under the Constitution to regulate foreign commerce and enforce our trade laws, Washington puts on an act of creating jobs with stimulation for small business and refuses to get in the trade war.

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'Cracking the Code' to Keeping Manufacturing Jobs in America

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Detroit, Manufacturing, Big Three Automakers, Michigan, Auto Industry, Offshore-Jobs, U.S. Manufacturing, Auto Manufacturers, Business News
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm

While we won't be able to keep all labor-intensive manufacturing jobs in America, we're now seeing the first real evidence of what it takes for advanced manufacturing to stay and grow in America.

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Our Only Hope

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vat, US Unemployment, Offshore Jobs, Offshoring, Value Added Tax, Corporate Offshoring, Politics News
Sen. Fritz Hollings

After trillions of dollars of stimulation, the private sector is only creating 41,000 jobs a month. Something else is wrong. And what's wrong with the economy is that Corporate America off-shores its jobs as fast as it can.

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