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SILICON VALLEY, Aug 2 Asia Pulse - Microsoft is shifting more high-level work such as programming for the next version of its Windows Operating System to foreign contractors, including Indians, a Seattle-based labour union has claimed.
The Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech) said it has obtained internal company documents that show that Microsoft now employs nearly 2,000 workers in India, double the 970 number it has previously acknowledged.
Microsoft, however, disputed the notion, saying it doesn't use contractors for core development.
WashTech alleges the documents show that while Microsoft employs 970 full-time direct employees in India, there are an additional 1,100 people working for the company in India under contracts with outsourcing ...
Source: HighBeam Research, MICROSOFT SHIFTING MORE PROJECTS TO INDIA, US UNION CLAIMS.