http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/outsourcing 2008-11-20T22:44:43Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63288-rudy-giuliani-town-hall-12-24-07 2008-11-20T22:44:43Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0vOzR84zSFA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0vOzR84zSFA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63288-rudy-giuliani-town-hall-12-24-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79334" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Rudy Giuliani <br />Town Hall <br />Laconia, NH 12/24/07</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />QUESTIONER: How do we deal with China basically taking these high tech jobs away from the United States?</p> <p>RUDY GIULIANI: The way we deal with China, India, and everybody else thats competing with us is to compete with them. And what we should be thinking about is what can we sell to them that makes up for what we buy from them, that they may be able to produce more competitively then we can. I would not put big restrictions on what we buy from China, India, South America, other places. I would put restrictions on with regard to safety and security more than we do. Thats different, were talking about economics. [] But if were talking about pure economics, I believe that we shouldnt worry about how much were buying from overseas. What we should worry about is how much are we selling to them. Our emphasis should be on the selling part of the equation, not on the protecting ourselves against the buying. Because if we protect ourselves against the buying, were just fooling people. Were fooling them into thinking that by erecting high tarrifs, and everything else, we can protect them. And all were doing is perpetuating the things that may be anti-competitive in our economy, and ultimately hurting people more. So lets figure out what we can sell people in China and India, and in a developing world. And there are a lot of things that we can sell. </p> <p>LABEL: RG NH 11-24 (JC#8) CGIRE clipA</p> <p>If youd like to acquire a high res version of this clip, VISIT: <br />https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/5dna1791f0</p> <p>To download this entire event, VISIT: <br />https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/k27jdnfqy2</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63288-rudy-giuliani-town-hall-12-24-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62132-mitt-romney-speech-01-14-08 2008-11-11T10:52:45Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yXGCuGWMX5s&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yXGCuGWMX5s&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/62132-mitt-romney-speech-01-14-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/77334" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Mitt Romney <br />Speech <br />Detroit, MI 01/14/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPTION <br />MITT ROMNEY: By the way, you know, layoffs happen. Its a terrible thing. I dont know any executive who likes hearing about a layoff. Its awful, it means things arent good in the company. You want growth, you dont want layoffs. Of course you have layoffs sometimes to try to keep the company alive. I dont—Im not critical of a business leader that says we gotta cut back to say we gotta save the whole enterprise. But I, uh, I been in the private sector. I know what its like to sign the front of a payroll check. I uh I know what its like when youre fighting to keep your company alive, when youre worried youre gonna lose all the jobs. </p> <p>MR MI 1-14 (SD#13) GHJSA - ClipE</p> <p>To download a high resolution version of this clip, click: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/thjko8b9ad#MR_MI_1-14_(SD#13)_GHJSA-ClipE</p> <p>To download the full event, click: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/d1q3550h0t#MR_MI_1-14_(SD#13)_-_comp</p> </div> <a href="/blog/62132-mitt-romney-speech-01-14-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58333-inside-usa-privatized-cities 2008-11-05T12:38:02Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dOI9yrKGAV4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dOI9yrKGAV4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58333-inside-usa-privatized-cities"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/71437" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>When the government of the city of Sandy Springs in Georgia decided to bring in a multinational corporation to run all of the city&#39;s services -- with the exception of police and firefighting -- it effectively became the first fully privatized city in the world. </p><p>It&#39;s a trend that is already spreading fast, with four new cities launched in the last three years, all of them run by the same company, defense contractors CH2M Hill.</p><p><a href="../../blog/58334-inside-usa-privatized-cities-part-2">Watch part 2 of this special here. </a></p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/58333-inside-usa-privatized-cities">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58334-inside-usa-privatized-cities-part-2 2008-10-22T06:50:12Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JbrnUltGBIs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JbrnUltGBIs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58334-inside-usa-privatized-cities-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/71438" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>When the government of the city of Sandy Springs in Georgia decided to bring in a multinational corporation to run all of the city&#39;s services - with the exception of police and firefighting - it effectively became the first fully privatized city in the world. </p><p>It&#39;s a trend that is already spreading fast, with four new cities launched in the last three years, all of them run by the same company, defense contractors CH2M Hill.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/58334-inside-usa-privatized-cities-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/57327-we-the-people-insourcing-13-oct-08-part-1 2008-10-18T04:52:05Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bsLfr_DjsrI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bsLfr_DjsrI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/57327-we-the-people-insourcing-13-oct-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/69733" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More than five million Americans now receive a pay cheque from a foreign firm. We the People travels to a former US manufacturing town to see how 'insourcing' is changing the face of one small community.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/57327-we-the-people-insourcing-13-oct-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54899-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-09-22-08 2008-10-31T21:31:46Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XRuhSj_7RVI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XRuhSj_7RVI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54899-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-09-22-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66574" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Straight Talk Town Hall <br />Scranton, PA 09/22/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPTION <br />QUESTIONER: "My question has to do with jobs offshoring. The company I work for is a Fortune 500 company, I've been there for 21 years, and speculation is that over the next two weeks or so they're going to downsize or offshore 1,500 jobs. My father retired from the company, I had hoped to retire, but I'm a father of four children, and I was just wondering, what can we do about getting these jobs to stay here in the United States, instead of going to places like India?"</p> <p>MCCAIN: "I thank you for the question and I want to give you, to start with, my utmost sympathy in the challenge that you may be facing. And this is happening all over America, it's happened in the heartland of America, as you well know. States like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, where we've lost the manufacturing jobs. And I've got a lot of answers, but I've like to give you two. One of them is, we have such a high business tax in America that it makes it attractive for these companies and corporations to go overseas. The business tax in Ireland, in the country of Ireland, is 11 percent. The business tax in the United States of America is 35 percent. Now you are a business or a corporation, you're a business and you have a decision to make. It's obvious that you are probably going to go where you can maximize your profits, etc. etc. And I don't need to tell you how well trained and educated the work force in Ireland is. So that's the first thing. And the long term answer is we got to an education and retraining program for displaced workers so that we go to the community colleges, they take the responsibility and the ability to design programs and training and education so that people can enter what is going to be the new economy in America. And that new economy, to a large degree in my view is going to be based on alternate energy. It's going to be based on the innovation, the talent, the entrepreneurship of America as we develop hydrogen cars and battery driven cars, and we build 45 new nuclear power plants by the year 2030, which creates 700,000 new jobs. Where we address the issue of climate change and energy independence so that the new technologies and the new ideas and the innovation of America will bring millions of jobs to America. And that's going to be key to a great degree to this national security issue I mentioned before of our dependency on foreign oil, which now causes us to develop these new technologies, create millions of new jobs in America. But we got to have the right kind of education in America and education and training programs for displaced workers. And if an older worker loses his job because of a manufacturing job, then I'm willing if that worker has to take a much lower paying job while they're undergoing that reeducation and training, let's subsidize their wages. We know how sacred a job is in America. We know a job is more than a job. So look, I got to look you in the eye and tell you these are tough times in America. We may be facing the greatest financial crisis since the end of World War II in the history of this country. These are tough times, but it's a time for tough leadership, it's a time for someone who knows how to work across the party aisle, who can work in a bi-partisan fashion, and get something done. We have to reform the way we do business, get rid in Washington, get rid of this cronyism and special interest and money that's washing around Washington, and the corruption, and at the same time we have to make government responsive. And let me just say, we have to bring back prosperity and jobs. I know how to reform and bring back prosperity and jobs. I know how to reach across the aisle to do that. And my friends, it's time for strong leadership in this country. I'm ready to provide it. And I have been prepared all my life, all my life, in doing one thing, that's what America wants more than anything else now in a President of the United States, its put our country first. That's what I'll do."</p> <p>JM PA 09-22 (JR#68) GK - ClipJ</p> <p>To download a high resolution version of this clip, click: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/f3vc1juyim</p> <p>To download footage of the full event, click: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/rz2r0qx6zz</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54899-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-09-22-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49590-lou-dobbs-democracy-at-risk 2009-01-07T22:44:01Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6TFAsa-DdH8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6TFAsa-DdH8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49590-lou-dobbs-democracy-at-risk"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60153" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>August 20, 2008.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49590-lou-dobbs-democracy-at-risk">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48611-wal-mart-and-china 2009-01-07T22:56:48Z WakeUpWalMart <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nx2ltoqyrEw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nx2ltoqyrEw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48611-wal-mart-and-china"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/58570" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Wal-Mart and China, the ultimate joint venture. Learn how Wal-Mart is putting America's safety and economic security second with its partnership with China.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48611-wal-mart-and-china">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48224-john-mccain-employee-town-hall-07-30-08 2008-10-28T21:30:20Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-cYw8xAsRw8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-cYw8xAsRw8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48224-john-mccain-employee-town-hall-07-30-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/58057" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Employee Town Hall <br />Aurora, CO July 30, 2008</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />LINDA BOWMAN: I'm President of the Community College of Aurora and I'm very happy that you came to hear about our partnership [...].</p> <p>JOHN MCCAIN: Would you describe that partnership a little bit because there are, I certainly am not, I was told about it but maybe you could tell us a little more about it. Because I think it's the future of what we do about the displaced worker situation. Please go ahead.</p> <p>BOWMAN: Well I'm delighted to do that. We actually offer a diesel technology program [...] where in the students are sponsored by Wagner Equipment to come in. They serve not only as students but as apprentices for Wagner so that they are on the job as well as in school. We bring in Math and Science as well as English faculty that work with them. [...] It's a very high tech program and Wagner has supplied equipment, they've provided faculty to us. [...]</p> <p>MCCAIN: May I ask what the success rate is? </p> <p>BOWMAN: The success rate is unbelievable because these students have already got the job when they come into this program. They are already part of the Wagner family when they join the Community College of Aurora family. [...] These kinds of programs only exist when we make these kinds of huge investments like Wagner has made. And as a country we aren't making those kind of investments nearly at the rate we need to do and you know we're in danger. Our generation is going to be the first where are children are less educated than we are. [...]</p> <p>MCCAIN: Thank you very much and thank you for your great work. And thank you Joe, thank you for your great investment. And I just want to say to you again. The centerpiece of our addressing the issue of the displaced worker. And we all know that because of foreign competition and the fleeing of manufacturing jobs, we have lost hundreds of thousands of jobs in America. And we need, I believe, to make the center piece of our job retraining and education program exactly what you're doing, exactly what you're doing. But I think that the government should sponsor these programs so that you don't have to be as large of company or corporation as we have here at Wagner. In other words, if you've got a business, and you're a small business person and you need a person who is trained and educated in a certain specialty, you ought to be able to say to the community college I need, I need a trained and educated worker in my particular field. And provide that opportunity. And I would even say, while a person, who is an older worker who is out of a job and is at Aurora Community College, I would be glad to supplement their income. Supplement their income if they're having to have a low paying job while they are undergoing educational training. And I say that as a small government, less regulations, lower taxes person because I believe we know a job is more than a job. </p> <p>LABEL: JM CO 07-30 (KF#4) EFHIS -- ClipH</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48224-john-mccain-employee-town-hall-07-30-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48220-john-mccain-employee-town-hall-07-30-08 2008-10-28T21:30:22Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/enmg6jUezow&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/enmg6jUezow&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48220-john-mccain-employee-town-hall-07-30-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/58053" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Employee Town Hall <br />Aurora, CO July 30, 2008</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "I want to express my appreciation to the Wagner Equipment Company, especially those that have had the honor of working here and doing such quality work that has helped people all over the world in industry that has provided jobs as far away as Mongolia. That's one thing I didn't expect when I came here."</p> <p>LABEL: JM CO 07-30 (KF#4) EFHIS -- ClipJ</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48220-john-mccain-employee-town-hall-07-30-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44089-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-01-06-08 2008-10-27T03:29:24Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b6gUDW0uq8g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b6gUDW0uq8g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44089-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-01-06-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50436" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall Meeting <br />Salem, NH 01/06/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "There are jobs that are being outsourced."</p> <p>"A lot of Americans don't know that 50,000 Americans today make their living off E-bay"</p> <p>"That gets back to going to the community colleges and saying you devise the educational training program for the local job needs."</p> <p>"Some of those jobs are not in the right place."</p> <p>"I have to look you in the eye and give you some straight talk. If it's a low-paying job like in textiles that job isn't gonna stay in America."</p> <p>"I still believe the fundamentals of our economy are strong."</p> <p>LABEL: JM NH 1-6 (JR#23) GZZ-ClipA</p> <p>If you'd like to acquire a high resolution version of this clip, email videoprogressivemedia@gmail.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44089-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-01-06-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43848-john-mccain-town-hall-04-22-08 2008-10-26T21:30:26Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K0g6tHh4A2M&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K0g6tHh4A2M&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43848-john-mccain-town-hall-04-22-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50186" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall Meeting <br />Youngstown, OH</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "It's not just steel mills. If you went with me to the state of South Carolina you would see where the textile mills have closed down and left this country as well. That's something that has happened, which is regrettable. </p> <p>"I have to give you some straight talk. I can't turn that around. Now some specialty steel mills are doing well in America. There is some more productivity, etc., etc.</p> <p>"But I can't look you in the eye and tell you that I believe those jobs are coming back any more than I believe that the textile mills are coming back. But I would argue with you that today, for example, 1.3 million people in thee world make a living off eBay. Most of those are in the United States of America.</p> <p>"We have been—thanks to the information technology, thanks to Google, to Yahoo, to Microsoft, to all of these incredible, incredible world-wide and national corporations that have employed many, many thousands of people [...].</p> <p>"I can't tell ya that these jobs are ever gonna come back to this magnificent part of the country. But I can tell you that I will commit myself to providing these workers who have lost their jobs with another chance. A second chance.</p> <p>"[...] I can't look you in the eye and tell you that those steel mills are comin' back. And I can't tell the people of South Carolina that the textile mills are comin' back.</p> <p>LABEL: JM OH 4-22 (JR#54) G-ClipF</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/g3aufxag4w</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/l89994akg8 <br />AND <br />https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/xxfshby80o</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43848-john-mccain-town-hall-04-22-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42280-save-collier-schools 2009-01-07T22:30:58Z teamster <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mZXXwI0RWyY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mZXXwI0RWyY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42280-save-collier-schools"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47715" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Collier County's controversial school superintendent wants to rush through a School Board vote to contract out school custodial work to GCA, the same contractor he brought into Rockford, Illinois Schools in 2005. In this shocking video, Rockford parents, teachers, engineers and a former GCA manager graphically describe this failed experience.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42280-save-collier-schools">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35274-congressman-ehlers-fire-bad-voting-companies 2008-10-14T11:17:41Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CGC6Ptqs_WM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CGC6Ptqs_WM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35274-congressman-ehlers-fire-bad-voting-companies"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/38795" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In responding to a comment by John Bonifaz, Legal Director of Voter Action, about how some Voting companies were failing to maintain voter registration databases, Congressman Ehlers (R-MI) states that the problem companies need to be fired.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35274-congressman-ehlers-fire-bad-voting-companies">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33355-the-red-tail 2008-10-16T21:29:56Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X2krKIF_5Io&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X2krKIF_5Io&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/33355-the-red-tail"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36349" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>In August of 2005 the mechanics at Northwest Airlines went on strike. <a href="http://www.redtailmovie.com/">&quot;The Red Tail&quot;</a> is the story of one of those mechanics, Roy, who would see his job of 23 years outsourced to Hong Kong. The film poses the question: &quot;What if workers were as globally connected and organized as their employers?&quot; </p><p>Watch for a forthcoming UpTake interview with the filmmakers about the state of labor and the proposed merger between Northwest Airlines and Delta.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/33355-the-red-tail">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31676-teamsters-rally-to-protect-ual-mechanics-jobs 2009-01-07T22:30:58Z teamster <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CpJjwKgXre0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CpJjwKgXre0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31676-teamsters-rally-to-protect-ual-mechanics-jobs"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34133" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>UAL plans to sell off to sell off its heavy maintenance base in San Francisco affecting nearly 4,500 mechanics and their families in the region. United currently outsources 45 percent of all its maintenance work to foreign repair stations that are not held to the same standards as their U.S.-based counterparts.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31676-teamsters-rally-to-protect-ual-mechanics-jobs">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30528-peter-mandelson-in-defense-of-free-trade 2008-10-14T15:31:12Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rzO_Fvok7Ns&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rzO_Fvok7Ns&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30528-peter-mandelson-in-defense-of-free-trade"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32900" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/11/08/U_S__and_Europe_Confronting_Global_Challenges">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>E.U. Commissioner for Trade Peter Mandelson gives a defense of free trade practices and globalization.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Europe and the U.S.: Confronting Global Challenges with Peter Mandelson.</p> <p>In a speech at the Carnegie Endowment, EU Commissioner of Trade Peter Mandelson argued that the European Union and the United States must use their collective economic weight to underwrite the openness of the global economy as its adjusts to the rise of new economic powers and greater global flows of investment. Mandelson said that the U.S. and the EU should use their own openness to "underwrite a strong multilateral order based on cooperation and economic openness" - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</p> <p>Peter Mandelson was born in Britain in 1953.</p> <p>He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St Catherine's College, Oxford. As a young man he lived in Tanzania for a year, an experience which formed life-long impressions of Africa and the challenges of fighting poverty. A life-long pro-European, he led the British delegation to the first ever meeting of the European Communities Youth Forum in Strasbourg in 1979.</p> <p>After working as an economist at the Trades Union Congress and as a current affairs TV producer, Peter Mandelson was later appointed Labour Party Director for Campaigns and Communications in 1985. Later he was Tony Blair’s Campaign Manager in the May 1997 election that brought Labour to power in Britain.</p> <p>In 1992 he was elected as member of parliament for the Northern English constituency of Hartlepool. He served until 2004 upon his appointment to the European Commission.</p> <p>Peter Mandelson is honorary Chair of Policy Network, a European and international think tank whose journal and conferences promote the exchange and debate of centre-left policy ideas and European social democratic thinking. He was UK chairman of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group, which brings together leading academics, politicians and business people. He has traveled widely and has lectured throughout Europe, in Asia and the United States.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30528-peter-mandelson-in-defense-of-free-trade">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/23447-outsourcing-your-safety 2009-01-07T22:30:59Z teamster <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gemuZk5f8z8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gemuZk5f8z8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/23447-outsourcing-your-safety"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/25416" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Teamsters union informs fliers that United Airlines is outsourcing its maintenance work to China. See this report by CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/23447-outsourcing-your-safety">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/20564-gop-congressional-candidate-bob-latta-just-as-dumb-as-you-d-expect 2008-10-21T21:30:13Z cliffschecter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DRulN0-mTA8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DRulN0-mTA8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/20564-gop-congressional-candidate-bob-latta-just-as-dumb-as-you-d-expect"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/20277" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>You ever feel like you&#39;re in The Twighlight Zone when watching a Republican debate? You know, most Americans are concerned with how we can get out of Iraq safely, solve the health care crisis caused by corporatized Republicans (and certain &quot;Democrats&quot;) and not lose their homes, while Republicans are talking about what they see as <a href="http://cliffschecter.bravenewfilms.org/blog/12290-the-shock-doctrine-by-alfonso-cuar-n-and-naomi-klein">the most entertaining way to torture someone</a> so they can save money on pay-per-view?</p><p>Well, that&#39;s Bob Latta&#39;s new ad. He wants to represent Northwest Ohio in Congress, <a href="http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2871/">because all of those manufacturing jobs that have left for China or Mexico</a>, the astronomical rise in the cost of insuring your family and the decreasing wages and quality of life, they can apparently all be blamed on...wait for it...wait for it...why &quot;illegal immigrants,&quot; of course! </p><p>That&#39;s right, it isn&#39;t Republian outsourcing and campaign contributions from <a href="http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/04/26/whos-the-biggest-health-care-hustler/">Big Pharma</a>, it&#39;s brown people!</p><p>Bob Latta meet <a href="http://cliffschecter.bravenewfilms.org/blog/20561-tom-tancredo-s-fear-mongering-ad">Tom Tancredo</a>. Say hi to right-wing lunacy for us, ok?&nbsp;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/20564-gop-congressional-candidate-bob-latta-just-as-dumb-as-you-d-expect">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16571-onshoring-not-offshoring-is-becoming-trendier-than-24-hour-rehab-at-promises 2008-01-12T20:29:28Z GottaLaff <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16571-onshoring-not-offshoring-is-becoming-trendier-than-24-hour-rehab-at-promises"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/16301" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>What&#39;s that I see coming down the runway?&nbsp; Indian outsourcing chic? Chinese offshoring eclectic? Non, cheries, those have gone the way of successful sit-coms and shaved-headed pop stars. </p><p>You want a trailblazer? <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-onshore21oct21,0,6644651,print.story?coll=la-home-center">Here&#39;s trailblazer</a>:&nbsp;</p><blockquote><p>In a <strong>twist on offshoring that Northrop has dubbed onshoring</strong>, the global defense and technology corporation has been <strong>shipping computer work to small-town America, shunning India&#39;s Bangalore and Mumbai.</strong></p><strong>Onshoring, in fact, is becoming trendy. </strong><br /></blockquote><p>Only if it comes with matching profits. I hear onshoring&#39;s an &quot;autumn&quot;. But it&#39;s not about complimentary colors; it&#39;s <em>all</em> about being cost-effective, darlings: </p><blockquote><p><strong>Some U.S. companies have recently pulled back from India to set up shop in rural areas</strong> where access to high-speed broadband connections isn&#39;t the problem it was just a few years ago, and where l<strong>ower real-estate prices and wages are attractive.</strong> </p></blockquote><p>Grammatically incorrect technical assistance is <em>so</em> five minutes ago!&nbsp;</p><blockquote>&quot;We&#39;re responding to the tremendous <strong>demand among Accenture clients for outsourcing services performed by professionals within the U.S.</strong>,&quot; Randy Willis, a senior Accenture executive, said when the project was announced last fall.<br /></blockquote><p>Word has it that <em>in</em>sourcing is an international smash! You&#39;re an absolute <em>nobody</em> unless you&#39;re <em>in</em>sourcing. By the way, have you lost weight? You look <em>fabulous</em>! </p><blockquote><p><strong>A few companies based in India are turning outsourcing on its head too.</strong> Wipro Technologies, a software maker <strong>based in Bangalore, is establishing a design center in Atlanta</strong> that could employ about 500 computer programmers.</p></blockquote><p>But--tsk!--what are we going to do with all of last season&#39;s outsourced remnants?&nbsp;</p><blockquote><strong>It&#39;s not that offshoring isn&#39;t popular in corporate America anymore.</strong><br /></blockquote>That was close. I nearly lost my Vera Wang.<br /><blockquote><p> A survey of more than 500 large U.S. companies last year by consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton found that <strong>60% had shipped some work to other countries</strong>. Another firm, Forrester Research, predicted that about 3 million high-tech jobs would head overseas by 2015.</p></blockquote><p>But Dan Sernett, a partner in Los Angeles with Ernst &amp; Young, said:</p><blockquote><p> &quot;They&#39;re looking for alternatives closer to home.&quot;</p></blockquote><p>Eat your heart out Halliburton. &nbsp;</p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15256-pushing-the-envelope-so-far 2008-01-12T20:26:11Z Paddy <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15256-pushing-the-envelope-so-far"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/15124" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>that you need a whole new envelope-</p><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=486214&amp;amp;in_page_id=1766&amp;amp;ito=1490">Now even calls to U.K. police stations are set to be answered in Indian call centres</a></p><p>Callers to police stations could soon be talking to someone in India as forces are now allowed to privatise their call centres. </p><p>Police across the country are privatising their call centres and backroom staff in a bid to cut costs. </p><p>The Government has been forced to relax the rules to allow forces to sign contracts with private companies, including foreign firms, as there is a massive cash shortage. </p></blockquote></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/13464-army-captain-civilian-contractors-a-degree-away-from-being-mercenaries 2008-01-12T20:21:57Z GottaLaff <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/13464-army-captain-civilian-contractors-a-degree-away-from-being-mercenaries"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/13488" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-hsia21sep21,0,1536033.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail">Timothy K. Hsia is an Army infantry captain</a> on his second deployment to Iraq. He lays out how, throughout a soldier&#39;s typical day, he interacts with civilian contractors of all kinds, not just personal security types like Blackwater.</p><blockquote><p>The effect of these civilians in the Iraq war has yet to be fully examined, and the legacy of their role will affect how our nation fights its future wars. </p></blockquote><p>Rummy&#39;s little revolution, he says, has occurred. The role of civilian contractors is bigger than many realize because there are not enough soldiers. &quot;...Americans are fooled by the actual numbers required to carry out a war.&quot;</p><blockquote><p>After the Vietnam War, most of the combat-support duties were transferred from full-time soldiers to National Guard and Reserve units. But today that structure has been undercut as civilians have taken over those jobs. And <strong>these civilian contractors in the non-security roles are only a degree away from what we have historically called mercenaries.</strong></p></blockquote><p>All day, every day, soldiers encounter non-Americans doing the work our own men and women once did. Why? Because there is not enough U.S. military manpower. Here is a rundown of jobs and who does them.</p><blockquote><ul><li><strong>The trash being sifted and sorted out of a soldier&#39;s garbage bin is conducted by civilians working for Toifor Co.</strong></li><li><strong>When the soldier turns in his laundry, it is to an East Asian civilian...</strong></li><li><strong>The soldier has the luxury of a hot shower because Indonesian civilians ensure that there is a ready supply of water.</strong></li><li><strong>When he enters the dining facility, he is greeted by Ugandan security guards who work for EOD Technology.</strong></li><li><strong>While preparing for a mission, the soldier can expect technicians from General Dynamics or other major defense contracting companies aiding Army soldiers in the upkeep and maintenance of essential equipment.</strong></li><li><strong>He can expect his Iraqi interpreter to work for a contractor, probably Titan Corp.</strong></li><li><strong>[M]any Filipino drivers are responsible for ensuring that most of the heavy equipment -- such as Humvees and Strykers -- reach their destinations after they&#39;re unloaded in Kuwait.</strong></li><li><strong>On returning from his mission, the soldier will interact with many civilians [many who are Serbs and Croats] hired by KBR, which runs the general support services for the base.</strong></li></ul></blockquote><p>Think these are just temporary fixes? Think again:</p><blockquote><p>[A] temporary fix became a more permanent force that the Romans used when they found their own legions had become too expensive -- economically and politically. <strong>Let us hope that the United States does not follow the fate of the Roman Empire in this regard.</strong> </p></blockquote><p>Captain Hsia may not be a &quot;Commander on the ground&quot;, so the DimBulb In Chief would probably not give him any credibility and might even <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/20/bush-mandela/">declare him dead</a>. But the very-much-more-alive-than-<a href="http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm">Bush&#39;s-poll-numbers </a>captain most definitely has his feet on the ground.&nbsp; </p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/4151-less-then-half-guantanamo-detainees-accused-of-crimes 2008-10-16T03:30:42Z COAnews <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rCKRjz-Io8o&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rCKRjz-Io8o&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/4151-less-then-half-guantanamo-detainees-accused-of-crimes"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/3405" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In this episode of the INN World Report; fewer then half of the 517 detainees held in Guantanamo have been accused of any hostile acts, technology leaders plan to increase outsourcing, Iran insists it has the right to produce nuclear energy for civilian purposes, and much more....</p> </div> <a href="/blog/4151-less-then-half-guantanamo-detainees-accused-of-crimes">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/2073-john-edwards-outsourcing 2008-10-20T15:30:39Z johnedwards <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jRssuYqEu0U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jRssuYqEu0U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/2073-john-edwards-outsourcing"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/1349" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John Edwards speaks with workers about outsourcing at the International Aerospace Machinists Hall in Seattle, Wash. on May 1, 2007.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/2073-john-edwards-outsourcing">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/103-when-is-it-greed 2008-10-20T09:30:54Z jgilliam <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sA8j285EVWE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sA8j285EVWE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/103-when-is-it-greed"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/106" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Robert Greenwald is interviewed on CNN by Lou Dobbs about Wal-Mart and the film "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price"</p> </div> <a href="/blog/103-when-is-it-greed">Watch the video</a>