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Unions Emerging in Indian Call Centres 
Workers are generally well paid and competition for jobs intense, but Centre for Indian Trade Unions is backing 500-member WBITSA to focus on employment rights 15.12.06 BBC, Information Technology, Telecoms
Clifford Chance Moving 300 Jobs to India Clifford Chance are to set up a facility in Delhi which they may share with other firms, expect to release up to 300 jobs in the UK 04.10.06 Personnel Today, Solicitor Practice
China iPod-maker Drops Suit Hongfujin Precision Industry, which makes iPods in Shenzhen, has dropped legal action against China Business News journalist Wang You who claimed firm treated workers harshly, Apple insisted conditions within its contractual guidelines 05.09.06 BBC, Media Law, World Trade
Ending Outsource Deals Not Always Easy Many businesses fail to provide an adequate exit route from outsourcing agreements, terminations usually require 'material breach', building alternative takes time 28.06.06 Accountancy Age
Ending Outsource Deals Not Always Easy Many businesses fail to provide an adequate exit route from outsourcing agreements, terminations usually require 'material breach', building alternative takes time 28.06.06 Accountancy Age
Offshoring Leading offshoring business leaders in London to push for more value added projects, despite criticism, expect 30% annual growth in contracts to continue 06.10.05 Telegraph
Wal Mart Labour Activists have filed class-action against Wal Mart, claim failure to uphold its own code on labour relations in respect of its workers in Bangladesh and other poor countries 14.09.05 NY Times, Employment Law Links
Offshoring TUC is to launch legal bid to overturn Viking Line decision, banning unionised workers from resisting offshoring through strikes and boycotts 09.09.05 Personnel Today, Employment Law Links
ID Theft Information Commissioner confirms UK institutions face prosecution if their offshore data is mishandled, Indian call centres insist they have stringent security 24.06.05 Times, Data Protection Links, Identity Theft Links
Offshoring Data Ruling Congress party may revive Indian data protection law, lack of local law still an obstacle to offshoring 05.05.05 Silicon.com, Data Protection Links
