(February 20, 2011 at 2:10 am)Minimalist Wrote: I don't know how it is where you are but here the problem is that the employers outsource production work to cheap facilities overseas. Yes, unions are in decline but American manufacturing is even farther in the shitter.
I hope you aren't like Adrian and think that trusting the corporate whores to do the right thing by the working man is the way to go?
Why do they outsource? Because labour gets priced beyond the point where it's viable. Why is America's manufacturing sector in the shit? Because their labour costs are unsustainable.
No, I don't trust the corporations to look out for workers because I don't count on them to do it in the first place - It's not their responsibility. I'm the one with time to sell, It's up to me to get the most money I can in exchange for my time, I don't expect to sit in a job being complacent and get drip fed pay rises by my employers - If I want to earn more I upskill, If I don't think I'm being paid enough for my time I negotiate or seek other employment.
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