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Re: New LEGO factory inaugurated
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Sat, 2 Dec 2000 01:57:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.lego, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > In lugnet.lego, Mark de Kock writes:
> > > In lugnet.lego, Adrian Drake writes:
> > > > So they are closing US operations while opening a new factory in the Czech
> > > > Republic? I guess labor's cheaper there.
> > > >
> > > > Adrian
> > > > --
> > > > www.brickfrenzy.com
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> > > Or they work harder over there ?
> >
> > Now thats a low blow... I don't particularly appretiate it either.
>
> Perhaps it's meant as an ironic comment. As an American living
> in the Netherlands, I can tell you that they don't work
> any harder here than they do at home. [1] (If anything, 5:00pm
> is even *more* sacrosanct here--the traffic pulse is stunning!)
> There is a 'myth of the lazy American' that seems to be wide-
> spread in much of Europe. Considering the image of ourselves
> that we market to the rest of the world, I can see how it got
> started. The fact that most Americans encountered by Europeans
> in Europe are on *holiday* probably doesn't help.
>
> But in a way, it's not necessarily a cut on Americans--after
> all, they didn't put the factory in Britain, France, or the
> Netherlands, did they? I have a feeling it has to do with
> the startup costs, the labour costs, *and* the labour *laws*...
> something we might not like to think about (the possibility
> of LEGO exploiting labour). But it is notable that they didn't
> try to go well outside the EU.
>
> best
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> LFB
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> [1] On the average. Individual cases will vary.
Well, you are on to something I think. In the US the major cost would go to
lawyers, while it is likely that the developing Eastern European contries
are more open to corporations stepping in. They likely will experience less
legal resistance than in the home of the free and the brave. Perhaps they
are not exploiting labour, but rather taking advantage of a system that has
less red tape.
2 cents,
Aaron
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| (...) Well I guess these are all good arguments for TLG to move their production facilities elsewhere. Though this may be sour for the people who will be layed off at the Enfield plant this is just another fine example of how globalisation takes its (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Perhaps it's meant as an ironic comment. As an American living in the Netherlands, I can tell you that they don't work any harder here than they do at home. [1] (If anything, 5:00pm is even *more* sacrosanct here--the traffic pulse is (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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