--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As we switch to a global economy, the localized > pockets of high wages/high cost of living and low > wages/low cost of living will normalize towards a mean > that reflects true costs and appropriate wages. There > definately are going to be some growing pains! We and > Western europe are going to experience some dificult > economic times. >
I guess environmental protectionstandards, health standards, etc., are all "artificial" pressures to keep costs high? > --- cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://po.org.ar/poen/2005/poen923/poen923004.htm > > > > General Motors, on the verge of bankruptcy > > > > Delphi, the biggest auto parts supplier in the > > United States, aims to > > force a wage reduction of 66% in the next collective > > bargaining > > agreement. It intends to go from the current 27 > > dollars an hour to > > 9.50 dollars. In addition it demands cutbacks in the > > pension and > > health plans. > > > > The bosses argues that it needs to produce this > > historic reduction in > > the wages of its workers in order to be able "to > > compete" with its > > own plants installed abroad: two thirds of Delphi's > > employees live > > outside of the United States. The Mexican workers of > > the company > > receive 7 dollars an hour; those of China, 3 > > (ClarÃn, 30/10). > > > > Delphi's "example" is spreading all over the > > country: after having > > flexibilized the working conditions and wages of > > millions of > > unskilled workers in the service sectors and > > non-unionized companies, > > big capital is now getting ready to mount a > > monumental attack on what > > the bosses media describe as an "aristocracy": the > > more concentrated > > and organized sector of the industrial proletariat > > of the big > > corporations. Recently, the mechanics of Northwest > > airlines were > > themselves forced to accept a wage reduction of 26%. > > > > > > After accumulating mountains of losses, Delphi has > > filed for > > bankruptcy protection. It intends to save itself by > > crushing its > > workers. Nevertheless, according to its own > > president, Miller, "our > > problem is not the most urgent; GM's is more serious > > ". The man knows > > what he is talking about: until not long ago Delphi > > was a subsidiary > > of General Motors. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > --------------------~--> > > Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? > > Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. > > > http://us.click.yahoo.com/YbEMxA/ubOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ~-> > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Drugs Don't Discriminate. Get help for yourself or someone you know. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0I.OUB/ZbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
