Jobs in an Evolving Economy: To the Lowest Bidder Go the Lowest.... Greg Barrett.
by Barrett, Greg; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 301Business. Publisher: Gannett News Service, 2003ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Competition -- International | Huffy Corporation | Labor costs | Layoffs | Manufacturing industries | Offshore assembly industry | Prices | Unskilled labor | WagesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Five years ago, after 44 years amid the cornfields of western Ohio, the world's largest bicycle plant packed up and moved. It went first to Missouri, where nonunion laborers in Farmington were willing to work for $2.50 less an hour than the $10.50 average in Celina. Then it left Missouri and farmed its labor out to a factory in poor, dusty Nuevo Laredo in Mexico, just across the Rio Grande from Texas. The workers there earned about half as much as the American workers. Two years ago, Huffy cut its ties to Mexico and began importing its bikes almost entirely from China, where workers earn less than 4 percent of what Huffy paid in Celina." (GANNETT NEWS SERVICE) This article discusses how the actions of Huffy Corp. and other American manufacturers who are turning to overseas labor are affecting the American worker.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Jobs in an Evolving Economy: To the Lowest Bidder Go the Lowest..., Dec. 3, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Five years ago, after 44 years amid the cornfields of western Ohio, the world's largest bicycle plant packed up and moved. It went first to Missouri, where nonunion laborers in Farmington were willing to work for $2.50 less an hour than the $10.50 average in Celina. Then it left Missouri and farmed its labor out to a factory in poor, dusty Nuevo Laredo in Mexico, just across the Rio Grande from Texas. The workers there earned about half as much as the American workers. Two years ago, Huffy cut its ties to Mexico and began importing its bikes almost entirely from China, where workers earn less than 4 percent of what Huffy paid in Celina." (GANNETT NEWS SERVICE) This article discusses how the actions of Huffy Corp. and other American manufacturers who are turning to overseas labor are affecting the American worker.
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