Call centre workers are becoming as cheap to hire in the US as they are in India, according to the head of the country’s largest business process outsourcing company.

High unemployment levels have driven down wages for some low-skilled outsourcing services in some parts of the US, particularly among the Hispanic population.

State's immigrant workers score court victories on wages

Workers Without Borders

AMERICANS are hardly in the mood to welcome new immigrants. The last thing we need, the reasoning goes, is more competition for increasingly scarce jobs. But the need for immigration reform is more urgent than ever.

Wages of Fear

Fear, abuse, exploitation and crime are real-life concerns for the immigrant poor and working class, even in comfortable suburbs like Long Island’s.