Commonwealth Bank of Australia Faces Criticism for Hiring Indian ICT Workers After Dismissing Australians
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Summary
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is facing backlash for hiring over 100 Indian software engineers to replace Australian workers it recently fired, causing outrage from the Finance Sector Union (FSU).
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Some 110 of these are identical to jobs CBA cut this year – including 304 in June, 163 i
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