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UK tech visas increase by a third
News Trade union Amicus also warned the IT work permit scheme is being abused to import cheap tech labour at the expense of resident UK IT professionals. Work Permits UK, the Home Office body responsible for visas, has... [20 Feb 2007]
Indian call centre security breaches exposed
News At the same time, the UK's largest private sector trade union Amicus is calling for a Parliamentary Select Committee inquiry into the security of financial services work being sent overseas to countries... [05 Oct 2006]
IT work permit system 'being abused'
News The UK's work permit scheme is being abused to import cheap IT workers from overseas at the expense of resident IT professionals, according to a report by trade union Amicus. Amicus... [03 Aug 2006]
Offshoring won't turn UK into "nation of hairdressers"
News Peter Skyte, national officer at Amicus, said UK businesses are in danger of engaging in a "race to the bottom" as they move from one offshore location to another looking for more and more cost savings through cheaper... [04 Nov 2004]
India to get tough on foreign data security
News India currently has no data-protection standard similar to those found in Europe, leading some - including a group of Labour MEPs and trade union Amicus - to demand that the EC stretch the data-protection law to UK data... [25 Aug 2004]
Offshoring: How to deal with customer backlash
Comment On the jobs front, the Amicus trade union, which recently merged with financial services union Unifi, has warned of "by any means necessary" strike action in protest at the large numbers of jobs it claims are being moved... [05 Jul 2004]
Amicus threatens to strike over offshoring
News Delegates from the finance workers' section of trade union Amicus are meeting today in Scarborough to vote on industrial action over offshoring by banks and finance companies. An Amicus spokesman said:... [01 Jul 2004]
Inside offshoring: Job losses and the backlash
Comment Somebody in Amicus comes and makes a statement and then they show a photo of a train packed with people," he said. In the short term there is undoubtedly an impact on some local communities if work is moved... [26 May 2004]
Offshore data security fears dismissed by UK
News The Amicus group of Labour MEPs is calling for the European Commission to extend the data protection directive to cover customer data handled overseas because of fears that security is more lax. The UK's... [06 Apr 2004]
Two keys to offshoring: Education and training
News Research into consumers' attitudes shows 60 per cent aren't only worried about offshoring but about their own jobs," said David Fleming, national secretary of union Amicus, speaking at an event on Tuesday evening run by... [10 Mar 2004]
Unions push EU for Indian jobs investigation
News The DTI announced on Friday it will study the impact of offshoring on call centres to debunk the "myth" that UK jobs are being lost overseas, but Amicus claims a European study will reach deeper and... [09 Dec 2003]
BT outsourcing move brings strike threats
News The CWU is getting support from trade union group Amicus and banking union Unify and intend to run a united campaign to lobby government. The telco is the latest company to go down the outsourcing path in order to cut... [07 Mar 2003]
