Patrick Thibodeau over at ComputerWorld has a most amusing article on how in Senator Schumer's state, a utility company plans to offshore outsource at least 1200 jobs.

New York's two U.S. senators say that National Grid, a major Northeast utility, is considering outsourcing as many as 1,200 jobs -- including many in IT -- to an offshore vendor, and they're urging the company to keep those jobs in the U.S.

Chuck Schumer is heading up Comprehensive Immigration Reform, which has massive increases in H-1B Visas. The H-1B Visa is called the outsourcing Visa because it is used to technology transfer work out of the United States.

Meanwhile the other New York Senator is trying to stop this latest job exodus.

The other senator urging National Grid not to outsource high-paying jobs is Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, (D-N.Y.), who released a letter this week to Tom King, president of the National Grid USA, urging him to keep the jobs in the U.S. In her letter, Gillibrand cited reports that the company "may outsource as many as 1,200 of its Northeast jobs," including those in New York, to "overseas vendors." Many of the jobs are IT related, including software programming and computer networking, she wrote.

"Considering the current economic climate, it is very disconcerting to hear that any company would consider outsourcing its jobs overseas," wrote Gillibrand, "It is even more upsetting to know that a company who made $1.43 billion in profits last year would look for ways to increase profits even further at the expense of its employees and quality of service," she said. Schumer followed up Gillbrand's letter with news conference today in front of a National Grid office in Syracuse.

So here is New York, being hit once again by offshore outsourcing and guest worker Visas with one Senator trying to do something and the other working on legislation that will decimate U.S. tech labor.

Next time Chuck Schumer claims he's helping the middle class (cough, cough), you might bring this one up.