Others call it a main contributor to the death of our economy as we know it. It is outsourcing, the business practice of farming out the production of goods and services to contractors.
The detractors of outsourcing become particularly upset when it’s done offshore; that is, the operations are moved to foreign countries. It’s usually done to save on labor costs. The bottom line: Americans lose their jobs.
Niagara County has seen what the short-term effects of outsourcing can do. The near-death experience of the Delphi plants in Lockport and the demise of the electrochemical manufacturing business in Niagara Falls are two of the biggest examples.
