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- 277,000 = Total job losses 41 months after start of recession, 3/2001–8/20041
- 59,200 = Job losses in manufacturing 41 months after start of recession 3/2001-8/20042
- -111,000 = Actual job growth vs. growth projected by Bush administration, 6/2003–8/20043
- 306,100 = Jobs projected
- 195,100 = Actual job growth
- -205,000 = Jobs shortfall - Job growth compared to working-age population growth, 3/2001–8/20044
- 3.9% = Job growth
- 6.7% = Working-age population growth
- 4.5% = Unemployment rate in August 2004 (3.9% = Unemployment rate in January 2001)5
- 856,610 = Jobs at risk of outsourcing in Florida6
- 35,511 = Jobs lost to NAFTA 1993-2002 (Jobs gained minus jobs destroyed)7
- $38,972 = Median inflation-adjusted household income in 2003, up $77 from 2002 and $1,124 from 2001 but down $2,533 from 20008
Recent outsourcing events in Florida - Marianna: Sykes Enterprises, 266 workers, 2004
- Palatka: Sykes Enterprises, 194 workers, 2004
- Tampa: Capital One, 1,100 workers, 2004
- North Lauderdale: The Answer Group, 1,200 workers, 2003
- Boca Raton: Siemens ICN, 300 workers, 2001-03
- West Palm Beach: Ocwen Financial Corporation, 600 workers, 2001-04
Foreign companies on state vendor list9 - Aurica, Incorporated
- HCL Technologies (Massachusetts), Incorporated
- HTC Global Services
- Luxoft
- Tata Group
State contractors who subcontract work abroad - J.P. Morgan Chase Electronic Financial Services
- Unisys
Key articles - David Sedore, “Outsourcing Jobs Issue Imperils Politicians,” Palm Beach Post, 9/5/04
- Doreen Hemlock and Niala Boodhoo, “Precision Response to Open First Caribbean Call Center,” South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 8/18/04
- Nancy Cook Lauer, “State Drops $86.7 Million Tech Contract,” Tallahassee Democrat, 8/20/04
- “Florida Entrepreneur Aims to Stem the Tide of Offshore Job Loss,” www.FloridaFreelancers.com Press Release, 8/18/04
- By Scott Barancik, “Sykes to Shut Florida Call Center,” St. Petersburg Times, 8/5/04
- Jeff Ostrowski, “Firms Export ‘Good’ Jobs to India,” Palm Beach Post, 8/3/03
- Diane Frank, “Auditor General Chides Florida Tech Office Outsourcing,” Federal Computer Week, 7/30/04
- Jeff Harrington, “Capital One Ends 1,100 Tampa Jobs,” St. Petersburg Times, 7/22/04
- Nancy Cook Lauer, “Study: Overseas Centers Handle Florida Calls,” Tallahassee Democrat, 7/15/04
- “Epixtar to Acquire $20 Million Call Center Company; Deal to Add 1 Philippine and 3 U.S. Locations,” Epixtar Press Release, 7/13/04
- Beverly T. Natividad, “Florida Firm to Operate Call Center in Dumaguete,” BusinessWorld, 5/14/04
- Robert Trigaux, “Short-Term Reality Clashes With Long-term Economic Theory,” St. Petersburg Times, 5/3/04
- Jonathan Walters, “Going Outside; The Push to Privatize is Expanding Beyond Service Delivery into the Areas of Policy Making and Program Design,” Governing Magazine, 5/04
- John Kennedy and Bob Mahlburg, “Efficiency? Or Fostering Jobs Abroad?” Orlando Sentinel, 5/9/04
- Kathleen Chapman, “Florida's Outsourcing Of Jobs Draws Criticism,” Rocky Mount Telegram, 5/10/04
- Lou Dobbs, “State Lawmakers and Job Exports,” CNN/Lou Dobbs Tonight (Excerpt), 4/22/04
- Robert Trigaux, “1 in 10 Florida CEO's Plans to Offshore,” St. Petersburg Times, 3/10/04
- Robert Trigaux, “For Bay Area CEO, ‘Offshoring’ Gets Thumbs Up,” St. Petersburg Times, 2/16/04
- Robert Trigaux, “Since 2000, Job Cuts are More the Fashion,” St. Petersburg Times, 1/7/04
- Kris Hundley, Colette Bancroft, and Scott Barancki, “One Man's Wakeup Call To Other IT Workers,” St. Petersburg Times, 9/1/03
- Robert Trigaux, “The Call to Move Overseas,” St. Petersburg Times, 8/25/03
1Economic Policy Institute (EPI), “JobWatch – State Data,” 9/17/04.
2Bureau of Labor Statistics.
3EPI, “JobWatch – State Data.”
4EPI, “JobWatch – State Data.”
5Bureau of Labor Statistics.
6This figure reflects jobs that could move offshore because of occupational attributes, not those that will actually move (which will most likely be far fewer). It is derived from 2003 BLS data analyzed by Dr. Cynthia Kroll, Senior Regional Economist, Fisher Center of Real Estate, University of California-Berkeley.
7Robert Scott, “The High Price of ‘Free’ Trade; NAFTA’s Failure has Cost the United States Across the Nation,” Economic Policy Institute, 11/17/03.
8U.S. Census Bureau, “Historical Income Tables — Median Household Income by State 1984 to 2004”
9Philip Mattera, “Your Tax Dollars at Work & Offshore: How Foreign Outsourcing Firms are Capturing State Government Contracts,” [Acrobat 38K] WashTech/Good Jobs First, July 2004 Learn about outsourcing in other states
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