Micron to ship jobs to India

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Micron isn't the only local company outsourcing IT jobs to India. SuperValu, which bought Albertsons in June 2006, announced Tuesday that it was laying off 180 IT workers — including an unspecified number in Boise — and sending the work to India.

Micron workers cannot speak publicly without risking the loss of any severance packages, but several who have contacted the Statesman say the plans were unveiled earlier this month.

Most jobs will either be outsourced to India or contracted to a third party, workers say. Most of the employees affected say they will have their jobs phased out between January and August.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — To many labor unions and high-tech workers, the Indian giant Tata Consultancy Services is a serious threat — a company that has helped move U.S. jobs to India while sending thousands of foreign workers on temporary visas to the United States.

So when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) came to this struggling city to announce some good news, her choice of partners was something of a surprise.

Joining Tata Consultancy's chief executive at a downtown hotel, Clinton announced that the company would open a software development office in Buffalo and form a research partnership with a local university. Tata told a newspaper that it might hire as many as 200 people.

The 2003 announcement had clear benefits for the senator and the company: Tata received good press, and Clinton burnished her credentials as a champion for New York's depressed upstate region.

But less noticed was how the event signaled that Clinton, who portrays herself as a fighter for American workers, had aligned herself with Indian American business leaders and Indian companies feared by the labor movement.

Security Guard from Outsourced Company opens fire at Walter Reed while having argument and temper fit

An armed security guard fired at least 10 shots at another guard during an argument outside a busy entrance to Walter Reed Army Medical Center early Wednesday, police said. No one was hurt.
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The guards worked for Vance Federal Security Services, said Joe Gavaghan, a spokesman for the company, which contracts with Walter Reed. Vance is "cooperating with authorities investigating this incident," said Gavaghan, adding that the company could not provide additional details.

The hospital is the Army's premier center for treating injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.