We don’t have that ability anymore. The world has changed. This is globalism you’re looking at.
Again…weak on the facts. Labor action in places like China is becoming more common…it is only a matter of time before these actions become organized unions. Jobs in my area are returning because the reasons for moving to China, etal., are slipping away.
And globalism is just another word for communism. Where EVERYONE is poor, except for the elite.
In China they are jumping off of the roofs of factory buildings where computer parts are made at such a frequency that the companies have put up barriers to stop them from committing suicide.
Maybe we just don’t value diversity. That is not a bad thing, that is morally neutral, neither good nor bad.
And of course people value convenience or lower prices over the mom and pops. That is their choice. Tom whom would you give the right to make our choices for us?
And when/if that happens, capital and production will simply move someplace else, John. This is unstoppable. You can’t make people put their money into losing enterprises.
We used to-back when the CEO only needed to make 100 or 200 times what the line worker made. When the CEO started to “need” 300 and 400 times what the line worker made, then jobs had to move overseas to get cheaper labor to maximize those profits.
No, it’s actually the opposite of communist totalitarianism which is what the Soviet Union had. There no one was willing to work simply because there was no point in it. If everyone gets paid anyway, why bother? Good question.
The fact is that the the corporations are running out of options. Many are finding that it is better to return to the US and pay a competitive wage, since workers overseas are now rising up to demand better pay and working conditions.
Agree totally.
This is an important point. Yes, some cultures like homogeneity, and the American culture is very, very big on it.
Sure, people are going to purchase what they can afford, where they want to purchase it. You can’t stop that.
This is one of the key questions that anti-union people do not like to deal with. Why should a CEO’s pay be rising exponentially, while worker wages and benefits are stagnant or falling?
Unions don’t stop that, John. Unions create a whole additional layer of fat cats and paid-off politicians. And the person trying to make the widget ends up getting stuck with the bill anyway, in high dues and falling profits, just like Hostess company had.
Walmart and others could easily afford to pay better wages and still be the cheapest store in town.
You can’t force it, but you can help people make educated choices. Getting the word out about inhumane treatment of workers overseas and family unfriendly practices here at home might make a few people think twice about what they’re buying and where they are buying it. Bad publicity for companies might force them into making more just policies.
Do you seriously think that’s going to keep people from buying their junk at Walmart, or Target, or whatever store happens to be cheapest at the time? Dream on.
Unfortunately, that’s been the history of business in America.
The Hostess Company fell because of bad management, and will likely reemerge with a trimmed down management structure. There is still a demand for their products…someone will seize on that. Maybe the workers themselves after all the bad debt is flushed away.
And you and I would pay higher prices. And then people would see the price difference and start to shop someplace else.
Precisely…Coors is a good example. The unions have never been able to get a foothold because they really aren’t needed. Wages, benefits and working conditions are top-notch.