The laid off employees have been told they will be given an opportunity to work at the outsourcing firm taking their jobs.
(But) they believe (probably with some justification
based on the broad base of experience) that they will be required to transfer their knowledge to lower paid workers elsewhere in the world and will then be let go. That they are fighting back may be a sign of a change in workforce attitudes and, potentially, government tolerance of job loss. JL
Patrick Thibodeau reports in ComputerWorld:
Capgemini, an IT services company, sent an employment offer. (Employees) responded with a
counteroffer (that) asked for "a one-time,
$100,000 donation to a charity of your choice providing services to the unemployed American workers." The
counteroffer also included a provision asking for "a personal, signed
apology letter from both the CEO of Capgemini, as well as the CEO of
Carnival, to each of the families who have been affected by
this decision."