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Galraedia

(5,022 posts)
Sun May 6, 2012, 09:09 PM May 2012

Republican National Committee Attacks Obama on Jobs ~~~ from Overseas Call Center!!

The Republican National Committee (RNC) used a call center based in the Philippines to hold a media conference attacking President Obama's economic record, the Chicago Sun-Times reported today.The RNC didn't help its image by pointing out that the call was run by Verizon.

Companies like Verizon that have shipped call center operations overseas have contributed to the devastation of the U.S. based call center industry. While the industry still comprises approximately 3 percent of the overall U.S. workforce, the industry lost more than 500,000 jobs between 2006 and 2010, largely because of the off-shoring trend. This continued trend depresses our economic recovery.

Noting that working families today are protesting Verizon's greed at its shareholders' meeting in Alabama, CWA Chief of Staff Ron Collins, who began his career in a Maryland-based Verizon call center, summed up RNC's move this way:

"It’s hard to imagine anything more hypocritical than the RNC making calls about U.S. unemployment from a Verizon foreign call center."

Read more: http://current.com/community/93764725_republican-national-committee-attacks-obama-on-jobs-from-overseas-call-center.htm

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Republican National Committee Attacks Obama on Jobs ~~~ from Overseas Call Center!! (Original Post) Galraedia May 2012 OP
Verizon --- an un-America corporation?? Angry Dragon May 2012 #1
He could have just stopped with "It’s hard to imagine anything more hypocritical than the RNC" CAG May 2012 #2
That's the honest truth. The Wielding Truth May 2012 #4
Romney is a job creator, but not in the USA. Thinkingabout May 2012 #3

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
3. Romney is a job creator, but not in the USA.
Sun May 6, 2012, 10:01 PM
May 2012

Talking about out of touch, and does he think he is picking up votes, not in America. I guess this shores up his foreign experience.

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