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In reply to the discussion: You have missed the most important economic story in the past 20 years [View all]HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)There seems to be some stark denial about lower labor costs in right-to-work climes and Asian/Latin nations killing our progress here (which management, of course, writes off as "the price of remaining competitive" . Like our workers somehow aren't suffering due to un/under-employment thanks to job offshoring. There seems to be some stark denial here that the American worker always pays the price for the sins of the managers.
We're somehow asserting that US Steel Roll Turner pay is equal or better than Target shelf stocker pay. That's where these workers are going to, not another Roll Turner job. Either that, or they go into massive debt to retrain for a career that may or may not be there for them when they get out. Or try and win the small business lottery.
Is this the new grand scheme for an economic success going forward?