Outsourcing: The
big paradox

By Ellen Fussell Policastro

Outsourcing is a fact of life. Just ask hundreds of chocolate manufacturing workers in Pennsylvania who lost their jobs this year. WGAL in Lancaster reported in October nearly 3,000 workers would be laid off nationwide. Nearly 100 workers in the chocolate plant in Hershey, Penn., have already taken early retirement or severance packages. The company is looking to shift more manufacturing to India, China, Mexico, and private contractors in the U.S. Hershey announced its joint venture with Godrej Food and Beverages in India this spring, renaming the plant Godrej Hershey Food and Beverages. Although WGAL reported Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell said he is disappointed, he said the trend is one reason he is pushing the state to