The union also agreed to let Chrysler outsource peripheral jobs like materials handling and janitorial services.
But Microsoft contract documents show that as far back as 2001 the big company had agreed to pay two Indian outsourcing companies, Infosys and Satyam, to provide skilled "software architects" for Microsoft projects.
However, 38 (17%) agreed to the assertion that they have outsourced supporting activities within the past five years.
The company agreed to sell its customer care outsourcing business to Synnex, a hardware distributor, for $505 million.
NEW YORK Charles Riverer Laboratories said Monday that it had agreed to acquire WuXi Pharma Tech, a Chinese pharmaceutical outsourcing services provider, in a cash and stock deal worth $1.6 billion.
Serco agreed to sell its Indian business processing outsourcing (BPO) arm to the private equity firm Blackstone in September to refocus on public sector contracts in the UK and US.
BP, an acquisitive oil company that is digesting Amoco, Arco and Burmah Castrol, agreed in December last year to outsource much of its HR work to Exult, a start-up that has recently negotiated a second deal with Unisys, a computer giant.
A county council has agreed to slash its £1.1bn budget by 30% by outsourcing almost all its services.
On Monday, a British consulting firm, the Axon Group, agreed to a $753 million takeover by Infosys Technologies, one of India's largest outsourcing and information technology firms.
To help meet growing demand from business customers that outsource management of their Internet operations to I.B.M.'s Global Services unit, I.B.M. said it agreed to lease space in nine AT&T data centers.
