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> Also, can you give us any details of what is in the Code of Conduct? How would
> TLG figure a person is being paid a fair wage, for example.
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> -Lenny
Mexico is a country where people working an assembly line, such as many
"maquiladoras" found in the Northern States that border the US, make about the
hourly wage of a person in the States (in a similar position), but in a day.
So instead of paying 12 dollars an hour, this becomes 12 dollars per DAY. Which
would be a good salary considering that the minimum wage is 4 dollars per day,
for people with no college degree. Blue Collar workers.
So the employees dont really care about "only the best is good enough", its more
like.. Will I have enough money to pay rent and to by milk and eggs for my kids?
It makes perfect sense to move the operation down to a country where labor is
dirt cheap.
This image shows the housing that floor line level workers can afford to live in
in Mexico:
http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/.Pictures/vistasaereas/Amontonados.jpg
which is part of this website that shows Mexico from the air.
http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PhotoAlbum31.html
You can see the VAST differences of the upper class, middle class (executive at
any company, and "working class" which work in assembly lines.
Mexico has its own code of conduct, regardless of any international conventions.
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> You can see the VAST differences of the upper class, middle class (executive at
> any company, and "working class" which work in assembly lines.
> Mexico has its own code of conduct, regardless of any international conventions.
Ultimately, no matter where TLC decides to manufacture its product, its up
to TLC as to who they hire and what code of conduct they enforce on their
plants and workers. They can enforce their quality standards on even the
cheapest workers.
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> > Mexico has its own code of conduct, regardless of any international conventions.
> Ultimately, no matter where TLC decides to manufacture its product, its up
> to TLC as to who they hire and what code of conduct they enforce on their
> plants and workers. They can enforce their quality standards on even the
> cheapest workers.
Jonathan,
I dont know what kind of experience you have working abroad.
I worked for them for 3 years in Mexico, and it was not until an American
Manager was sent down to get things fixed, after firing 75% of the "work" force
(in my department), that things changed.
Then when the manager's contract ended and left, things reverted back to the old
way, and even worsened.
We will see if outsourcing works better this time around, as I said,
Mexico will present a series of problems that have may not been forseen.
A plastic mafia monopoly, unions, racketeering, and a country that is shifting
from production to distribution of assembled goods.
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