[DeTomaso] unions? (was: Re: Something to shoot for (NPC))

[doug sedon]

it is not the unions that are causing the problem w/companies' greed and their going off-shore.  what is wrong w/the idea that an honest working class blue collar worker can support a family on a decent wage?  unions made this possible.  the problem we are having is that the federal government deregulation has allowed companies to move offshore, cutting their costs substantially, while keeping the prices of the products the same.  great for the rich stockholders and ceo's, screw everyone else.  if these companies were regulated so as to not be able to reap the profits of slave-wage-rate labor, no off-shore safety/enwironmental regulation, etc.; then there would not have been such a huge exodus of american manufacturing to third-world countries.

interesting article, tracking the fate of america's middle class, and its unions:
http://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/decline-in-unions-a-leading-factor-in-income-inequality/

regarding ceo's being overpaid, i support, where possible, buying from non-american companies, who use american labor.  non-american companies typically pay their ceo's ~30 times what their average workers earn; w/american companies this figure is more like 300 times the salary of the average worker.  here's a guide for wehicles and where they're made.  notice many foreign auto companies have "off-shored" a lot of the work to america.  but at least here, there are reasonable safety/enwironmental standards, etc., and the workers are paid more than subsistence wages...


http://www.howtobuyamerican.com/content/db/b-db-autos.shtml

ymmv,

doug s.,
#2602