[Vision2020] IBM sees need to shift jobs overseas: Firm seen moving workforce to India, elsewhere

Tue, 22 Jul 2003 07:47:21 -0700

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Two senior officials at IBM, the world's largest computer maker, said =
the company needs to speed its efforts to move white-collar jobs to =
India and elsewhere overseas, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.

IN A RECORDING of a conference call given to The New York Times by a =
labor union, top employee relations executives said IBM needed to make =
the same moves its competitors made to save money by shifting service =
jobs away from the United States.=20
The article cited Forrester Research as estimating 450,000 U.S. computer =
industry jobs could be transferred overseas in the next 12 years, =
representing eight percent of U.S. computer jobs.=20

Executives worried on the March IBM conference call that broader =
unionization could arise as the trend strengthens, The Times said.=20

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