2007-04-10 12:16:52 · 10 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No, most jobs these days are not unionized. It is the fact that you can pay less to people abroad for their living wage versus here.
2007-04-10 12:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I would not say it is the fault of US labor unions. Workers would have demanded higher wages in the US whether there were unions or not. In reality, real wages have been stagnant for a while now and companies are still leaving in droves. It is just a matter of supply and demand. If you want to work for 25 cents an hour with no benefits, then you should lobby congress to repeal the minimum wage, the Taft-Hartley act, and occupational safety laws and that is what you will have in this country also.
Maybe you should make a concerted effort to buy American, then companies that leave will not make a profit.
2007-04-10 12:25:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Labor unions may have contributed, but the truth is that costs of everything are lower in many foreign countries. When Chinese workers can be paid 25 cents an hour, companies will go there. The prevailing wage in the US may be $9 with labor unions, and eliminating the union may bring it down to $7-8, but it still isn't going to be competitive with China.
2007-04-10 12:29:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since Reagan broke up the unions into a lesser kind and both bushits giving Corporate America the ability to outsource work, I don't think unions have any pull to do anything. Blame big CEO's and management for making US jobs disappear. Not to forget open borders, letting anyone with nothing, work for pennies and take any jobs that business owners don't want to pay a US citizen.
2007-04-10 12:43:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. Cheap labor overseas is the reason. American workers simply can’t compete with the low wages of foreign workers. Companies look at the bottom line. The ability to ship goods from overseas at reasonable costs and the ability to hire cheap labor, without much consideration for safety and environmental factors, make for bigger profits for the same goods.
2007-04-14 10:20:32 · answer #5 · answered by relevant inquiry 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. How many decent living wages could be paid to Americans for the price of one, one hundred million a year CEO? It's greed of the few at the expense of the many.
2007-04-10 12:24:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
a better question would be"if your part of a union/international brotherhood(remember the word international brotherhood)then why arent the dues your paying going to other countries and setting up union shops there?
2007-04-10 12:29:10 · answer #7 · answered by stygianwolfe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not solely. We gave up manufacturing to the lowest cost years and years ago, thanks to military contracts.
Union power has been waning as a result in the last 20 years.
2007-04-10 12:26:38 · answer #8 · answered by MoltarRocks 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I would say that their outrageous demands have put companies out of business. TWA, Delta, and all U.S. Automakers just to name a few!
2007-04-10 12:21:47 · answer #9 · answered by Boredstiff 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Do you think the average American could survive on $0.25 a day?
2007-04-10 12:32:31 · answer #10 · answered by ck4829 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋