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99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power Kicks Off Teach-Ins

This week, 99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power ? a large coalition of progressive organizations, from Greenpeace to Occupiers to CWA ? began training 100,000 people across the country to tell the story of how America's economy collapsed and the history of non-violent direct action. These teach-ins will give participants the tools to launch their own progressive actions and campaigns for change.

99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power Kicks Off Teach-Ins

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CWA Statement on the Letter Sent by Reps. Bishop and Fitzpatrick to US Trade Representative Ron Kirk

The Communications Workers of America today stated their strong support for the continuing efforts by Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) and Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) to shed light on the ongoing crises of rampant consumer identity theft in foreign call centers, as their bi-partisan legislative effort to remedy this serious problem gains more support. The letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk states in part: In an increasingly global economy, countless call centers are relocating from the United States to foreign shores. Conservative estimates place call center job losses in the United States at over 500,000 in the countries like India, the Philippines, and China. In the Philippines, the outsources industry is expected to pull in $13 billion and provide 650,00 jobs in 2012; India employs roughly 330,000 call center workers and earns about $6 billion per year through the BPO industry. While some corporations may see inflated profit margins due to outsourcing practices, such profits come at the expense of the safety and security of sensitive American consumer data.

CWA Statement on the Letter Sent by Reps. Bishop and Fitzpatrick to US Trade Representative Ron Kirk