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Footnote to my reply to Steve: Knowing MTL and their proneness to misprints/errors on their packages, I suspect that is an oversight on their part.
Since its workers are free to go elsewhere, I am sure they are paying them enough to keep them from leaving. Don't believe Southwestern Oregon is exactly an impoverished area.
Quote from: 3rdrail on July 21, 2008, 10:09:02 PMSince its workers are free to go elsewhere, I am sure they are paying them enough to keep them from leaving. Don't believe Southwestern Oregon is exactly an impoverished area.do you have practical experience as an unskilled worker? many of my relatives are stuck in low wage jobs because they can not make the jump to IT work from factory work. pressing the big green button in a factory is unskilled work. i worked in a factory as a summer job in college and it reminded me why i was in college - it's mindless work best performed by less intelligent people.regarding the "Made exclusively in the USA" - as yourself what does "exclusively" mean.-Steve
U.S. content must be disclosed on automobiles and textile, wool, and fur products. There’s no law that requires most other products sold in the U.S. to be marked or labeled Made in USA or have any other disclosure about their amount of U.S. content.
...manufacturers and marketers who choose to make claims about the amount of U.S. content in their products must comply with the FTC’s Made in USA policy.
Manufacturers and marketers should not indicate, either expressly or implicitly, that a whole product line is of U.S. origin ("Our products are made in USA") when only some products in the product line are made in the U.S. according to the "all or virtually all" standard.
"All or virtually all" means that all significant parts and processing that go into the product must be of U.S. origin. That is, the product should contain no — or negligible — foreign content.
The product’s final assembly or processing must take place in the U.S. The Commission then considers other factors, including how much of the product’s total manufacturing costs can be assigned to U.S. parts and processing, and how far removed any foreign content is from the finished product. In some instances, only a small portion of the total manufacturing costs are attributable to foreign processing, but that processing represents a significant amount of the product’s overall processing. The same could be true for some foreign parts. In these cases, the foreign content (processing or parts) is more than negligible, and, as a result, unqualified claims are inappropriate.
A company manufactures food processors in its U.S. plant, making most of the parts, including the housing and blade, from U.S. materials. The motor, which constitutes 50 percent of the food processor’s total manufacturing costs, is bought from a U.S. supplier. The food processor manufacturer knows that the motor is assembled in a U.S. factory. Even though most of the parts of the food processor are of U.S. origin, the final assembly is in the U.S., and the motor is assembled in the U.S., the food processor is not considered "all or virtually all" American-made if the motor itself is made of imported parts that constitute a significant percentage of the appliance’s total manufacturing cost. Before claiming the product is Made in USA, this manufacturer should look to its motor supplier for more specific information about the motor’s origin.
All the major components of a computer, including the motherboard and hard drive, are imported. The computer’s components then are put together in a simple "screwdriver" operation in the U.S., are not substantially transformed under the Customs Standard, and must be marked with a foreign country of origin. An "Assembled in U.S." claim without further qualification is deceptive.
Are you saying that someone is "entitled" to a "living wage" regardless of whether or not he or she can provide sufficient work value to an employer to earn that amount and enable the employer to continue in business? Sorry, but that's what was wrong with communism and why it ultimately fails.Perhaps I was lucky in that I could quantify my contribution to the "bottom line" in my last job, but I never had to "back in the door to get my paycheck".
don't get me wrong here, it is nothing wrong with made in China in my opinion - but didn't MTL deny that their products are made in China ?or was that only wishfull thinking of a couple of Georges and Andys out there... ?
you claim that there is no shortage of good paying jobs in the Southwestern Oregon, but you fail to realize that those jobs might require a bit more education than those jobs that exist for the unskilled labor force. being trapped in a low wage job is typical of unskilled workers - they can not climb out due to the long hours and exhaustive work conditions of factory work. some can overcome this but many are mired in a depression over their life.
do you have practical experience as an unskilled worker? many of my relatives are stuck in low wage jobs because they can not make the jump to IT work from factory work. pressing the big green button in a factory is unskilled work. i worked in a factory as a summer job in college and it reminded me why i was in college - it's mindless work best performed by less intelligent people.-Steve
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