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Outsource this! Job (in) security in the race to the bottom Source: Info Change India By Laxmi Murthy At a session organised at the World Social Forum by Global Resistance, Jobs with Justice, North American Alliance for Fair Economy (NAFE), Communication Workers Union, UK, Washtec Workers and the New Trade Union Initiative, India , participants discussed the impact of the boom in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry from both ends of the spectrum. Are workers in the US and UK ‘losers' and workers in India and China the ‘winners'? In analysing this new trend, participants went beyond these binaries and recognised that it was only corporations who gained in this ‘race to the bottom'. See full text.. Go to news and reports from Mumbai print    send   correct  ADD YOUR COMMENT >>   In-depth reports Detailed reports on key issues. Economic, social and cultural rights - ESCR ESC rights are valid, enforceable, justiciable and claimable under both local and international law. Civil society is campaigning for their full implementation. World Social Forum (WSF) 2004 The Fourth World Social Forum was held at the Indian city of Mumbai. Convention on rights of migrants One of the most delayed UN instruments is now a reality. Social security reform A central issue on the political agenda, both in industrialized and developing countries.

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