- Kevin Flanagan
Kevin Flanagan was a computer programmer who worked for The Bank of America in Concord,
California , USA.Flanagan shot himself to death in the parking lot of Bank of America's
Concord Technology Center after he and colleagues were laid off in April 2003. The lay-offs were due to the company outsourcing many computer-related jobs to less expensive workers, mostly fromIndia .Many opponents of heavy
free trade view this incident as a key event marking the transition of blue-collar globalization-related job loss to white-collar losses. The Concord bank office has been the site of [http://www.programmersguild.org/bofa_protest/index.html multiple protests] .ee also
External links
* [http://www.programmersguild.org/bofa_protest/index.html Photos of Labor Day 2003 Kevin Flanagan Protest at the Bank of America site in Concord, California]
* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,118473,00.html FOX News story]
* [http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=express&s=risen090903 Office Politics in New Republic Magazine]
* [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/02/BU270141.DTL S.F. Gate newspaper article]
* [http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12800945&pgno=2 Taboo - Information Week]
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=47584317 Times of India story]
* [http://www.engology.com/BobFlanagan.htm The Kevin Flanagan Case, By : Ellen Lee - Contra Costa Times]
* [http://www.northconway.com/index.php/KevinFlanagan.htm The Kevin Flanagan Case, By : Kevin F. Flanagan - NorthConway.com]
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