Bill introduced in US Congress to curb outsourcing of jobs
The bill proposes to incentivize American companies to retain service jobs in the US.
After a bill to raise minimum wages of H1B visa holders was introduced in the US Congress, a bipartisan bill to deter American companies from shipping call centre and service jobs to foreign countries has now been reintroduced.
Democrat Gene Green and Republican David McKinley reintroduced 'The U.S. Call Center and Consumer Protection Act' in the U.S. Congress. The bill proposes to incentivize American companies to retain such jobs in the US.
Green reportedly stressed on the importance of American workers having access to good service sector jobs and receive a liveable wages.
He added that the bipartisan legislation would protect call centre workers in Texas and throughout the US.
McKinley
said
that
their
priority
was
to
protect
and
create
American
jobs,
said
reports.
He
said
the
bill
does
not
mandate
that
companies
keep
call
centres
in
America,
but
would
such
companies
will
not
receive
funding
from
the
government.
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