The Source for Trucking News, Opinions and Trucking Jobs | Ex-Prez of ATA Donohue Endorses Outsourcing

I know this doesn’t directly affect trucking, but I thought it was a typical comment from a past president of the “American” Trucking Association. The ATA has never claimed to be a voice for the driver (OOIDA is our only political voice), just the voice for the industry. I’ve heard this argument before. Outsourcing is good for America. It’s good for American companies, which means it’s good for CEO’s and shareholders, not for the workers.

Yahoo! News - Donohue Endorses Outsourcing of Jobs

Donohue, 66, past president of the American Trucking Associations and regional assistant postmaster general in San Francisco and New York, likes to say that “business should stop apologizing” for perceived abuses.
Donohue, speaking Wednesday night to the Commonwealth Club of California, said he believes exporting high-paid tech jobs to low-cost countries such as India, China and Russia saves companies money that they may use to create new jobs for Americans.

What new jobs?

In early June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics downwardly revised projections for white-collar job growth for 2002-2012, based on accelerated job migration. The agency reported that seven of the 10 occupations expected to gain the most ground are low-wage occupations that do not require a college degree.

The jobs that Americans don’t want and are used for the excuse for the legalization of illegal immigrants. The people that will do the jobs that Americans don’t want to do. Then what’s left for the unemployed, college educated, white collar worker to do?

Donohue acknowledged the pain for people who have lost jobs to offshoring