"It’s ironic that Ikea looks on the U.S. and Danville the way that most people in the U.S. look at Mexico."— In Sweden, IKEA factory workers start at $19 an hour with five weeks of paid vacation. At the company’s only American plant, workers get $8 an hour and 12 vacation days — eight of which are chosen by the corporation. via the L.A. Times.
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Exploiting cheap labor is the American way. It's not working harder, it's exploiting more. Slaves, Chinese for railroads, European immigrants, Mexicans, current Chinese for everything, India for outsourcing. You name it, we have exploited them.
The chase to the bottom in full effect.
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