On 12/20/08 9:41 AM, in article
494d1243$0$1509$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com, "Rock Hardson"
<RH232@yahooo.com> wrote:

> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...AR200812190385
> 6.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
>
> The article states that the southern japanese factory worker was offered to
> join the union bringing wages on par to its northern American worker but
> they opted to stay bare foot and po' for japanese pennies. How STUPID can
> people be! If they had simply joined the union they would be getting the
> same exact pay and benefits as the northern worker living a higher standard
> of life and there would have been an even playing field for all manufactures
> from the start. For years it has been said that the Japanese choose the
> southern worker simply to take advantage of there ignorance. I guess the
> article proves they were right about that one. Now the northern worker will
> be forced to be dragged down to the level of pay of the southern worker. Its
> a simple question of is everyone on board to make a lot of money or will a
> segment of the community just drag others down to make a lesser amount of
> money???
>

If the Southern workers had joined the union and tried to force Detroit
style pay and benefit packages, then the Japanese plants would all be in
Mexico (just like many GM and Mercedes plants already are).