The give-away, the tell....is not being able to say WHAT was taken out of context.
You are once again putting the cart in front of the horse, since half the states already are RTW, and union membership has already declined, unions generally don't have the force to effect wages, benefits. Again, this is a cause of the hollowing out of the middle class, an explanation for DECLINING WAGES and increase inequality.
Don't worry your pretty little head, collective bargaining for the remaining stronghold of unions, govt workers, will soon be a thing of the past, another nail in the coffin for workers, a further eroding of wages, a cause of growing inequality.
You have little historical perspective, the combo of containerization/low shipping costs and the relaxing of trade barriers to US markets is what allowed off-shoring to be economically feasible. After the standardization in 1965, containerization costs plummeted. Profit is the driving force, the ability to undercut domestic producers with govt subsidization and grab market share was the play, whether it was steel, cars, electronics, optics...you name it. We never had a domestic industrial policy, we never tried to protect domestic workers.
You can't sell a US made car in Japan or China or Germany at below costs....they won't allow it.
If you wish to exploit with sweatshop labor....that is your choice. Like most corporations, you have already cast aspersions upon US workers, showing no loyalty towards them. it is pure Randianism.
Like I said, there you are. I have seen this expressed a million times by corporatists.
Yawn, and away we go with the personal anecdotes substituting for data.
