Look I am not for child labor, but they do have a lot of energy. It's all I am saying.![]()
See they are being productive members of society instead of rotting their brains in front of TV. :-D
jokes at the expense of those who are completely powerless and dependent on our moral compass - Stay classy gentlemen.
Those people are dead.
Also I am pro-union if you couldn't tell by my posts.
My grandfather worked in an open pit coal mine in Williston ND as a teen when he came over from Denmark. I think that is what caused him to go rum running later on.
You're giving unions credit where it isn't really due.Unions - the reason we do have weekends and don't have child labor!![]()
I don't want to get into a whole anti union rant here. The short version is that I was in one and wasn't impressed in the least bit with it. I agree that there was certainly a time when they were necessary in this country. But today? They are easily the biggest reason why more and more vehicles have a VIN that starts with a 3 (hecho en Mexico).
Nope.
The reason jobs moved to Mexico is because our corrupt political system opened up the ability of US companies to exploit 2nd and 3rd world labor.
Anyone who votes for a politician who advocates free trade or believes in it is directly attacking the working class.
What are you going to do when your job is outsourced to 3rd or 2nd world labor that is given work visas (it already happens in tons of industries)? I assume you make somewhere north of $30/hr. Soon dealerships will bring in semi skilled mechanics from Argentina, charge them 1/2 their pay for room and board and pay them $12/hr.
National park vendors do this, Hersheys does this, I could name a dozen other companies that do this.
Nope.
The reason jobs moved to Mexico is because our corrupt political system opened up the ability of US companies to exploit 2nd and 3rd world labor.
Anyone who votes for a politician who advocates free trade or believes in it is directly attacking the working class.
What are you going to do when your job is outsourced to 3rd or 2nd world labor that is given work visas (it already happens in tons of industries)? I assume you make somewhere north of $30/hr. Soon dealerships will bring in semi skilled mechanics from Argentina, charge them 1/2 their pay for room and board and pay them $12/hr.
National park vendors do this, Hersheys does this, I could name a dozen other companies that do this.
Hershey's became crap anyways with all of the wax they add to their chocolate to keep it from melting. I stopped using them for somores years ago because it wouldn't melt around the marshmallows. They probably added it so that they wouldn't need to air condition their trucks as much to save a few bucks.As far as Hershey's goes, they just straight up moved to Mexico. Closed their Oakdale plant and left many in the community high and dry.
I remember taking tours of the plant with family and on school field trips. I always thought they should have had Oompa Loompas walking around. But I digress. Fuck NAFTA and fuck Hershey's. I'll never buy or eat any of their candy.
Nope.
The reason jobs moved to Mexico is because our corrupt political system opened up the ability of US companies to exploit 2nd and 3rd world labor.
Anyone who votes for a politician who advocates free trade or believes in it is directly attacking the working class.
What are you going to do when your job is outsourced to 3rd or 2nd world labor that is given work visas (it already happens in tons of industries)? I assume you make somewhere north of $30/hr. Soon dealerships will bring in semi skilled mechanics from Argentina, charge them 1/2 their pay for room and board and pay them $12/hr.
National park vendors do this, Hersheys does this, I could name a dozen other companies that do this.
Because of the union, American auto assembly workers are grossly overpaid for what they do. Even if a plant isn't union, they grossly overpay anyway out of fear of the workers voting UAW in.
Not that I'm endorsing Trump or anything, but it would be interesting to see if he could really bring the jobs back to America, though I don't see how. It's far too enticing for an automaker to save billions of dollars every year on wages and pension payouts just by moving production down to where people are far more desperate to work. Exploiting? Yeah a little. But it's simple supply and demand, there's so many people down there that are willing to work for a fraction of what an American gets because they know if they don't take the job, someone else gladly will.
Dealerships hiring semi skilled labor for less than journeyman wages? Already happens. More than half my crew are Hispanic/Latino. Almost all of them would be better suited to assembly line work as they can't figure out stuff for themself and can only do something if someone shows them a couple times first. My job is never getting outourced because at least one or two people in the building have to actually know how a car works so they can show everyone else what to do to fix them.
Not that I'm endorsing Trump or anything..
Sorry, if the business dries up that's not on the employees. That's completely tied to the market and the folks running the show.
Because of the union, American auto assembly workers are grossly overpaid for what they do. Even if a plant isn't union, they grossly overpay anyway out of fear of the workers voting UAW in.
Not that I'm endorsing Trump or anything, but it would be interesting to see if he could really bring the jobs back to America, though I don't see how. It's far too enticing for an automaker to save billions of dollars every year on wages and pension payouts just by moving production down to where people are far more desperate to work. Exploiting? Yeah a little. But it's simple supply and demand, there's so many people down there that are willing to work for a fraction of what an American gets because they know if they don't take the job, someone else gladly will.
Dealerships hiring semi skilled labor for less than journeyman wages? Already happens. More than half my crew are Hispanic/Latino. Almost all of them would be better suited to assembly line work as they can't figure out stuff for themself and can only do something if someone shows them a couple times first. My job is never getting outourced because at least one or two people in the building have to actually know how a car works so they can show everyone else what to do to fix them.