Quote Originally Posted by stasu1213
detroit is a union town that's why.
The unions have basically been busted. Once the old-timers are retired, those days are completely over. A nonunion Carhartt factory paying as little as $11-12/hour would be constantly inundated with applications. At that wage, worker retention wouldn't be ideal, but there'd be no shortage of workers. Besides, from what I've read, retention in China is pretty low, so that wouldn't be anything new. No one wants to work at those factories longer than they have to when wages are low.

I know some people think the protests against fast food wages are a sign that unions are still strong in America, but the truth is that if you're willing to pay over $10/hour, union talk goes out the window. In the '60s, that's about where minimum wage was when adjusted for inflation. You need that base level of pay if you want to limit labor unrest.