John! Bring These Jobs Home!

John Kerry has expressed his concerns about the outsourcing of jobs that Americans are quite capable of performing.

Here would be a good place to start on the fight to bring American jobs home for Americans, John:

HEINZ EUROPE
Established 2000
Hayes, Middlesex, England

H. J. HEINZ FROZEN & CHILLED FOODS LIMITED
Established 1993
Dublin, Ireland and (1999) Hayes Park, Hayes, Middlesex, England

H. J. HEINZ COMPANY (IRELAND) LIMITED
Established 1996
Dublin, Ireland

H. J. HEINZ FROZEN S.A.R.L.
Established 1979
Paris, France

HEINZ IBERICA S.A.
Established 1987
Madrid, Spain

HEINZ POLSKA Sp. Z.O.O.
Established 1994
Warsaw, Poland

HEINZ C.I.S.
Established 1994
Moscow, Russia

HEINZ GEORGIEVSK
Established 1994
Georgievsk, Russia

CAIRO FOOD INDUSTRIES SAE
Established 1992
Cairo, Egypt

HEINZ REMEDIA LIMITED
Established 1999
Tel Aviv, Israel

H. J. HEINZ BELGIUM S.A.
Established 1984
Brussels, Belgium

H. J. HEINZ Southern Africa (Proprietary) Limited
Established 1995
Johannesburg, South Africa

H. J. HEINZ (Botswana) (Proprietary) LTD.
Formed 1988
Gaborone, Botswana

REFINED OIL PRODUCTS (Pty) LTD.
Formed 1987
Gaborone, Botswana

CHEGUTU CANNERS (Pvt) LTD.
Established 1992
Chegutu, Zimbabwe

HEINZ SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD.
Established 1995
Johannesburg, South Africa

HEINZ SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Established 2001
Republic of Singapore

HEINZ-UFE LTD.
Established 1984
Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

HEINZ COSCO
Established 1999
Qingdao, People's Republic of China

HEINZ KOREA LTD.
Established 1986
Inchon, South Korea

HEINZ WIN CHANCE LTD.
Established 1987
Bangkok, Thailand

PT HEINZ ABC INDONESIA
Established 1999
Jakarta, Indonesia

HEINZ UFC PHILIPPINES
Established 2000
Manila, the Philippines

HEINZ HONG KONG LIMITED
Established 2000
Wanchai, Hong Kong

This is a listing of overseas corporations formed by the H.J. Heinz company over the course of the last 25 years. It does not include companies that were purchased or otherwise acquired during that time (that wouldn't have been fair). And it doesn't take into account that it often make sense to establish a presence in country in which you do business.

Personally I have no problem with the idea of outsourcing if it results in more wealth generation here. More wealth gives us an opportunity to create different jobs that would be better at improving our overall standard of living.

But how many of these new operations cannabalized from the core US operations and reduced the amount of product exported? How many jobs were lost (or not created) because of the reduced export demand? How many of the jobs that are currently being performed by folks overseas could be done back here at home, thereby providing needed jobs for Americans?

Wouldn't it be ironic if John Kerry was directly benefitting from the very trends he is so opposed to? For John, stopping outsourcing should start at home.