Kevin Flanagan

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Kevin Flanagan was a computer programmer who worked for The Bank of America in Concord, California, USA.

Flanagan committed suicide in the parking lot of Bank of America's Concord Technology Center after he and colleagues were laid off in April 2003. The lay-offs were due to the company outsourcing many computer-related jobs to less expensive workers, mostly from India.

Many opponents of heavy free trade view this incident as a key event marking the transition of blue-collar globalization-related job loss to white-collar losses. The Concord bank office has been the site of multiple protests.

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