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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:42 PM Original message |
Ikea's U.S. factory churns out unhappy workers |
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TxVietVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. They must believe the conservanazi bu$hit about US workers. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here's an article to print off and give to blue collar union bashers. |
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donquijoterocket (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. I presume |
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Marie Marie (709 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. When foreign companies are moving manufacturing to the US |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That's what occurred to me |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. We are not on our way. We're very much third world. Except much of the third world is |
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pepperbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Funny, sounds like the same reason why our manufacturing jobs go to 3rd world countries... |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. here's the key problem: |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Even American managers have to go through corporate HR |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Excellent anaysis and insight. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Sounds like the Americans have been set up to take the blame... |
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LizzyLace (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. RE: |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Bang on. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. +1000 |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. This sounds almost exactly like my workplace. |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. As long as we're willing to take it, our Corporate Masters, local & global, will |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
13. This is one reason why the "mix" of socialism and capitalism doesn't work. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 02:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. +100 |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Beause Ikea's owners making a little less profit would be criminal. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. Now America has become a third world country |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. I won't be shopping there again. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. IKEA is essentially the Walmart of Sweden (now moved into the US). |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. Danville has been a depressed area for YEARS, but they still have memories of unions past... |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
19. As despicable as this is |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. That's what they're hoping, for a dream employee who enjoys being screwed |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. The plutonomy is successful. |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
22. Third World America |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
23. I've bought my last item from IKEA. Closed out my IKEA card, too. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
25. I guess some European companies view America as another stop |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
26. Perfect example of what's wrong in our country. Nt |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
27. Let me guess |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
28. USA: cheap exploitable labor, access to market w/o shipping costs |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
32. Even buying stuff made in the USA is no guaranty. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. There is no pure company |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. What Europeans enjoy a minimum wage of 19$?? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. 'A minimum wage OF about $19 an hour.' Sweden doesn't have a set minimum wage. |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Which is awesome |
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