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cuts will increase outsourcing Employers need a new generation of trained workers to replace the baby boomers who are starting to retire in large numbers. Because of Bush administration cuts in job training programs and educational budgets, replacements are harder to find. Companies will, inevitably, turn to outsourcing to fill jobs. [2002 study by Educational Testing Service quoted in The Washington Post, Skilled Labor in High Demand,8/25/04]. Trade groups and business owners say employers are begging for engineers, machinists, information technology workers, radiology technicians, nurses, health care finance administrators, and even, in an age of computer diagnostics, auto mechanics. [The Washington Post, 8/25/04] |
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training monies slashed The presidents 2005 budget cuts employment training by $151 million. [House Budget committee, Democratic Caucus, 2/6/04]. The Bush administration has improperly denied income and training assistance under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program to hundreds of workers who lost their jobs to unfair trade. The president sought $300 million less in funding for TAA benefits in his 2005 budget than Congress enacted for 2004. [AFL-CIO Issue Brief, July 2004]. |
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