CAFTA was a vote to decrease the minimum wage....

[kentuck]

Because it will make it possible for American workers to compete in Central America with workers that make $2-$3 per hour. And make no mistake, simply keeping the minimum wage where it is, is "decreasing" the minimum wage because the cost of living keeps going up. This was a vote against the workers of America.

[earthboundmisfit]

1. Yes - in order for our U.S. citizen workforce to be "competitive"

we're supposed to be willing to work for ten bucks a day. Education, experience and competence have nothing to do with it for the CorporNation - it's a slave-wage workforce that's most important.

[getmeouttahere]

2. Welcome to the new Gilded Age...

All the more reason to boycott/buy-cott...what else can we do?

buy blue!

[Mass]

3. CAFTA was a vote against workers of all countries

The US AND Central America.

BTW, $2-3 are high wages over there. Talk rather about less than $1/hour without any benefits.

[kentuck]

4. You are correct...

Two or three dollars and hour are paid for some jobs in Mexico.

[wli]

5. wage arbitrage

Well, there went the last of the manufacturing jobs.

[Jamison]

6. These corporate bastards won't stop

until everyone under them is making 5 cents an hour. Even then they'll probably still complain about labor costs.

[CrispyQ]

14. They won't be happy until

all global workers are living like rats in the slums & we are worked 16-18 hours a day & child labor laws go out the window & weekends become a thing of the past, & holidays, who the hell are you kidding, holidays are for the rich & worthy. You peons are lucky we even let you live.

[Nikki Stone 1]

7. A little simple, but effective way to engage people

good start

[kentuck]

8. I heard on NPR the other day that many jobs were leaving Mexico...

for China and other places, because the wages in Mexico had gone up to $2-3 per hour and they could find labor much cheaper in China. That is the name of the game and what this is all about.

[ulysses]

11. there'll be some other place after China.

The race to the bottom continues.

[sunnystarr]

12. I didn't hear they were gonna go to China but I did here Honduras.

[earth mom]

9. Bingo-There you have it. Nominated! nt

[Twist_U_Up]

10. Of course...............

us blue collar workers just continue even further down the social ladder weekly.

I`m kinda lucky I still belong to a strong trade union (force in numbers to demand an honest days pay for an honest days work).

Force in numbers to oust these rotten pigs from office.

Are you pissed off enough yet ?

[Elwood P Dowd]

13. Actually, almost half the workers in Central America make $2-$3 a day

not an hour. If they ever start making $2.00 an hour, the multinationals will just close shop.

[dajoki]

15. also...

the labor unions are playing right into their hands. before raygun labor had some power, at least to protect your job, get a good wage and benefits. now they can't even organize. i know, because i lost a good job because of the union buster raygun.