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Selected headlines of interest to IT workers, October 13 to October 25, 2002.

In this mailing:

1. BofA sending more tech work abroad (Charlotte Observer)
2. Union organizing continues at IBM (Poughkeepsie Journal)
3. New Yorkers campaign for jobs (BBC News)
4. IBM Shuts Hungary Plant, to Cut 2,800 Jobs Worldwide (Reuters)
5. Study: Republicans dominate tech votes (CNET.com)
6. Slowdown sending tech jobs overseas (San Jose Mercury News)
7. Sun to lay off 4400 (CNET.com)
8. WA unemployment rises in September (Puget Sound Biz Journal)
9. OpenTV to lay off nearly half of staff (CNET.com)
10. Site for the Truly Geeky Makes a Few Bucks (New York Times)
11. As economy keeps dragging, things start to feel scary (San Jose Mercury News)