Abstract

By 2004 about 10% of all US IT jobs will move to emerging market countries, according to Forrester Research.Within the next 15 years a total of 3.3m US IT jobs will move overseas. All large companies like IBM, HP and Microsoft are moving jobs to low-cost countries. The US West Coast’s Silicon Valley currently experiences around 7.9% unemployment rate against a national unemployment rate of 6.1%, leading Silicon Valley trade unions to a first joint protest against outsourcing. The unions are about to start a long-term programme of informing politicians aswell as the public about the assumed consequences of outsourcing of IT jobs. Visit www.three-fives.com for the latest advanced semiconductor industry news

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