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By Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY

As concern over the loss of jobs overseas intensifies, some companies are promoting their decision not to hire workers in other countries to replace U.S. employees.

"No outsourcing" could become the latest twist on the "made in the USA" slogan. Now, consumers are compiling Web sites that track which employers outsource overseas, which means they hire workers in other countries to do jobs typically held by U.S. employees. And some businesses are letting clients request that work not be farmed out to overseas workers.

 
Bill Aims to Punish Companies Offshoring U.S. Jobs

Bill Aims to Punish Companies Offshoring U.S. Jobs
March 4, 2004
By Sharon Gaudin

Looking to discourage U.S. companies from moving jobs offshore, a Vermont congressman has introduced a bill that would hit companies in the wallet for taking away American jobs.

The Defending American Jobs Act of 2004 would bar companies from receiving federal grants, loans and loan guarantees if they layoff U.S. workers and hire foreign workers in their place. Just announced yesterday, the bill, sponsored by Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), already has gained 50 Democratic co-sponsors and three Republicans.

''It is absurd that the government continues to give these companies corporate welfare off the backs of the workers who are losing their jobs,'' says Joel Barkin, a spokesman for Sanders. ''This legislation says that if the Motorolas or GEs of the world want to offshore work to India, china and Mexico, they're not going to continue to get government handouts to do it.'' "