Archive: Jobs
Outsourcing Nascar
Key People: Michael Waltrip, Bill Davis, Dave Blaney, Marty Gaunt, Jim AustKeywords: Nascar, Nextel Cup Series, Toyota Racing Development, Stock Car, Team Red Bull, Camrys, Japan, Sports, Outsourcing, Auto Manufacturing, Jobs, Economics For the first time in over 50 years, Nascar, America's most American sport, is racing cars from overseas. Toyota, the soon to be largest automaker in the world, is not only stealing American jobs, but also American racers. Michael Waltrip, will own and drive for one of three teams that plan to field Toyota Camrys in the 2007 Nextel Cup Series. Full Story: Toyota Names First Three Cup Teams...
By Emil Steiner | January 26, 2006; 12:03 AM ET | Comments (0)
At Ford, Layoffs Are Job 1
Key People: William C. Ford Jr., Henry FordKeywords: Ford, North America, Cars, Factories, Layoffs, Business, Jobs, Factories, Economics On Monday, Ford announced it would close 14 factories and cut as many as 30,000 employees from its North American operations. The Nation's second-largest automaker lost about $5.5 billion domestically in 2005 and is making more money financing cars than selling them. Full Story: Ford to Cut Thousands of Jobs and Close 14 Factories...
By Emil Steiner | January 24, 2006; 12:12 AM ET | Comments (0)
India Redefines Outsourcing
Keywords: Pune, India, Approva Corp., Outsourcing, Business, Society, Economics A new generation of Indian workers is redefining outsourcing from call-center and back-office work into higher-level management and strategy jobs. As they climb higher in transnational firms, Indian workers and executives are pushing their U.S. counterparts to take them seriously by taking on greater responsibilities and subtly changing the corporate culture of both countries. Full Story: India's New Faces of Outsourcing...
By Emil Steiner | January 12, 2006; 12:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Pick-Axes to Pixels
Key People:Mark R. Warner, Donna S. Morea, Rick Boucher, Nelson A. Dodi, Jim Gillespie Keywords: Lebanon, Virginia, CGI-AMS Inc., Northrop Grumman Corp, Technology, Jobs The coal mining belt of southwestern Virginia, is fast becoming the next Silicon Valley. Thanks to multi-million dollar government contracts, eager/inexpensive workers and incentive programs, Lebanon VA, may be at the forefront of the newest labor trend, onshore outsourcing. Full Story: Mining Coal Country for Tech Workers...
By Emil Steiner | January 3, 2006; 08:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Outsourcing A Culture Clash
Key People: Vishal Manchanda, Sunil Mehta, Keywords: Gurgaon, India, Convergys, Outsourcing, Culture, Jobs, BusinessIndian 20-somethings working at outsourced call centers don't just don headsets and fake names, they adopt a nocturnal culture with its own customs and vernacular. Though the phone agents earn relatively high wages, some critics feel the call centers are no more than "swanky sweatshops." Full Story: Hope and Toil at India's Call Centers...
By Emil Steiner | December 28, 2005; 07:57 AM ET | Comments (0)
WTO, Heated Protests, Tepid Talk
Key People: Rob Portman, Pascal Lamy, Peter MandelsonKeywords: WTO, Civil Disobedience, Hong Kong, Korean Farmers, E.U., Economics By most accounts, the demonstrators made more progress than the trade ministers, at the 6 day WTO meeting in Hong Kong. While talk between the 149 nations stalled, hundreds of protesters broke through security cordons and fought their way to within a block of the WTO, Saturday, forcing police to transport delegates by boat as a precaution. Full Story: Stormy Times at Trade Talks...
By Emil Steiner | December 19, 2005; 08:01 AM ET | Comments (0)
No El Dorado for N.O. Laborers
Key People: George Bush, Martin Gutierrez, Ray NaginKeywords: Hurricaine Katrina, New Orleans, Mexico, Immigration, Employment Like the Dustbowl exodus to California, Latinos are flooding New Orleans in search of low paying jobs. Despite the President's guest-worker program, and abundance of clean-up work, many are facing the same sour-grapes-reception as the Oakies, 70 years ago. Full Story: In New Orleans, No Easy Work for Willing Latinos...
By Emil Steiner | December 19, 2005; 08:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
GIs in Iraq, Choose to Stay in Iraq
Key People: Mark PattersonKeywords: Military, Recruiting, Reenlistment, Iraq, Army As military recruitment flags, U.S Soldiers are inflating the numbers with record-blowing reenlistment, in rituals that range from dramatic to harrowing. Full Story: GIs in Iraq Choosing to Re-Up...
By Emil Steiner | December 19, 2005; 08:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
