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Watch Carrier tell 1,400 Indianpolis employees their jobs are being sent to Mexico
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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 2846966" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>You forgot - Irrelevant quotes pass for wisdom.</p><p></p><p>These workers largely make well beyond minimum wage with benefit packages, so, it seems you are making the case for those who want to keep wages down.</p><p>The obvious problem is that in Mexico the wages and other production costs are low so the products - even if replacements due to QA problems are more common and including transportation back to the US for installation - can be marketed more cheaply if made there.</p><p>And yes, the boss CEO did make a lot of money, of course, he is running a large company regardless of where the manufacturing plants are located. That seems to be a matter between the board and the stockholders. The stuff we can control - are clearly labeling where products are made (which doesn't affect most buyers but some), ensuring taxes are low and any reinvestment in the plants is not taxed, incentives to remain, etc. Did Indianapolis try to negotiate with Carrier to make the city remain a profitable place to manufacture?</p><p></p><p>This is not my area of expertise but I am not sure why Americans expect companies to remain here if the result is they cannot compete on the open market with their finished products. If you are saying that the difference is because of the senior executives' salary then you are wrong. If you are saying the that boards should be held more accountable by stockholders, well there I agree but often stockholders view the increased profitability as a good result. The workers may have a different view but they also rarely have any responsibility for ensuring the company can still compete in a worldwide market.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 2846966, member: 18914"] You forgot - Irrelevant quotes pass for wisdom. These workers largely make well beyond minimum wage with benefit packages, so, it seems you are making the case for those who want to keep wages down. The obvious problem is that in Mexico the wages and other production costs are low so the products - even if replacements due to QA problems are more common and including transportation back to the US for installation - can be marketed more cheaply if made there. And yes, the boss CEO did make a lot of money, of course, he is running a large company regardless of where the manufacturing plants are located. That seems to be a matter between the board and the stockholders. The stuff we can control - are clearly labeling where products are made (which doesn't affect most buyers but some), ensuring taxes are low and any reinvestment in the plants is not taxed, incentives to remain, etc. Did Indianapolis try to negotiate with Carrier to make the city remain a profitable place to manufacture? This is not my area of expertise but I am not sure why Americans expect companies to remain here if the result is they cannot compete on the open market with their finished products. If you are saying that the difference is because of the senior executives' salary then you are wrong. If you are saying the that boards should be held more accountable by stockholders, well there I agree but often stockholders view the increased profitability as a good result. The workers may have a different view but they also rarely have any responsibility for ensuring the company can still compete in a worldwide market. [/QUOTE]
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