Do you *really* think it's immoral...

Cian O'Connor cian_oconnor at yahoo.co.uk
Thu Feb 14 03:35:17 PST 2002


It's starting to happen with computer programmers as well. It will be interesting to see how well the libertarian ethic lasts in Sillicon Valley, as they find their jobs being outsourced to body shops in India.

--- Grant Lee <grantlee at iinet.net.au> wrote: > It's not just "Cambodians". Even unionised
> workforces in mature/developed
> economies are increasing subject to job migration:
> e.g. the Singaporean
> daily Straits_Times now employs sub-editors in
> Sydney, because --- I can
> assure you from personal experience --- the wages of
> Australian journalists
> are significantly lower than journalists in other
> English speaking
> countries.
>
> Obviously this will keep on happening as long as
> wages and conditions are
> significantly different from one country to another
> _and_ workers continue
> to organise nationally instead of globally.
>

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