The latest move by AT&T to get federal approval for the merger with T-Mobile is clearly becoming a political battleground.  It is likely all of the jobs would simply be shifted from their outsourced vendors in offshore locations such as the Philippines to domestic outsourced vendor sites.  This strategy would avoid the unions trying to get control of the labor which enables AT&T to ultimately pay a lower labor costs for the employees.  It would also give AT&T the flexibility to slowly shift these jobs back offshore.  Bottom-line, the ability of the government or an independent third party to validate the long-term movement of these 5,000 jobs would be extremely difficult or impossible.  For additional information, please review the following article: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2011-08-31/ATampT-T-Mobile-pledge-to-bring-5000-jobs-to-US/50198654/1

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