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Lawmakers call on Michigan House to move on offshoring protections for call center workers

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Michigan lawmakers and communications workers are pushing for legislation to protect call center jobs from being offshored. The proposed bills would require companies to notify the state before relocating large call center workforces.

On Thursday, communications workers gathered with lawmakers from separate sides of the aisle as they continued an almost 10-year push to keep call center jobs in Michigan. In June, state Reps. James DeSana (R-Carleton) and Amos O’Neal (D-Saginaw) introduced a pair of bills to require companies with a large call center workforce to notify the […]

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