The New Jersey Assembly passed the Save New Jersey Call...
The New Jersey Assembly passed the Save New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act (A2651), which requires public disclosure when companies outsource call center services and bars outsourcers from receiving tax breaks and subsidies from the state. The Communications Workers of…
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America claimed the bill would affect companies like Verizon. They claimed the telco has sent thousands of DSL call center jobs to countries like India. “If companies like Verizon won’t invest in New Jersey, New Jersey needs to stop investing in Verizon,” said Beth Cornwall, president of CWA Local 1022. Verizon declined to comment.