AWOL say's that overseas labor laws are more "lenient"....

[cthrumatrix]

Bush defends economic policy
By Leticia Williams, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 1:49 PM ET Sept. 1, 2003

snip....
The comments come as unemployment continues to trouble the U.S. economy. About 2.5 million of 3 million jobs lost since Bush came to office in January 2001 have been in manufacturing.

U.S. manufacturers have said they're losing jobs to overseas markets due to more lenient labor laws. See related story.

Bush also acknowledged "a problem with the manufacturing sector" and said he has instructed Commerce Secretary Don Evans to focus resources on the needs of the manufacturing industry.

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http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BCF1F29D5%2DF040%2D4398%2DB463%2D1E9986012B13%7D&siteid=mktw

Now that sounds like a leader with solutions....

He and others set up the trade agreements that increase such job exporting...and then he blames it cheap labor.....

[hedda_foil]

1. Do I sense a classic * solution in the wind?

Next up: More lenient labor laws! Of course they're already on that like white on rice with trashing overtime regs, aren't they? How convenient.

[ClintonTyree]

4. Huge tax cuts.............

for those who ease, break or disregard labor laws. That's even better! It fits right into the Republican playbook.

[eablair3]

2. yes, and then

and then they (the U.S. government and Presidents) supply other "dictators" with arms and weapons to be used on the overseas workers when they try to start organizing for their rights.

there is a lesseing of the laws protecting labor and the environment in the U.S. But, many places overseas that HAVE NO laws protecting workers or the environment. The U.S. and the multinaitonals pay off the leaders and arm and train the "security" forces to repress the workers and the activists. They "disappear." And, the country is then "good for business." You can exploit labor and dump toxic chemicals into the air, the water and the earth without risk of a lawsuit or any type of penalty whatsoever ikn those countries. It's "a much better climate for business."

What keeps (on a legal basis) the U.S. from passing laws that provide that corporations that do business overseas must follow the same rules in other countries that are followed here in terms of allowing employees to organize and followign environmental rules, .... or else risk lawsuits here for their actions outside this country or risk not being able to do business in the U.S.????

After all, much of the world sees these multinational U.S. corporations helping exploit them and shred their environments. Wouldn't such rules that would apply to the big corporations help "national security" by making these corporations accountable for their actions around the globe?

[bucknaked]

3. Yeah right, "leniency" such as $2000 annual salaries

I can't wait until all these corporations are left wondering why nobody can buy/use their products and services.

[spinbaby]

5. Overseas where?

Does this mean Shrubby wants us to have labor laws just like the labor laws in whatever country children are working 16 hours a day for slave wages to make our tennis shoes?

[DBoon]

6. What next? Repeal the 13th Amendment?

n/t

[gmoney]

7. Giant Sucking Sound

Not to be contrary, but didn't GATT and NAFTA pass under Clinton's watch? Is there more to that story? Seems the deregulation of media ownership happened then, too.

Again, not trolling or baiting... hoping to have someone clarify the issue.

[newyawker99]

9. Hi gmoney!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Starpass]

8. Iraq must be such a disappointment to them..........

...I'm sure they had hoped by now they could tap into that "cheaper labor" (both blue and white collar) but the sons of bitches just keep blowing up things. It must break the hearts of so many corporate doners. And don't think that besides oil, that this isn't one of the reasons they want to "do Iraq" and surrounding countries. And then the bastard had the gall to tell the workers not to give up 'cause things might get better for them. I hope they didn't swallow that like they have swallowed so much from this scum. Any recovery does not have "them" in mind.

[Kbowe]

10. Now who would want to trade the US standard of living with those more

lienient labor-law countries? Taxes and government regs and services is what makes our standard of living higher than any place on earth...except maybe Qutar.

[2cents]

11. I see he's too chickenshit...

...to repeat what said before as the reason jobs were going overseas - (paraphrasing)"American workers are too stupid".

I haven't forgotten, and I hope the Dem. candidates don't forget.