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On 4/27/2015 1:29 PM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:07:54 -0600, "W. Lohman" > wrote:
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>> On 4/27/2015 12:37 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:39:20 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>>
>>>> The two companies I've worked for for the past 30 years have no unions,
>>>> but we treat the people well, pay a fair wage, we give them good
>>>> benefits and a safe working environment.
>>>
>>> If more companies were like that, there would be no need to unionize.
>>>

>>
>> Many are, look at Google and Apple, for example.

>
> Where is their manufacturing done and what are their working
> conditions?


Point taken.

China.

> I know someone who did quality control inspections for
> Apple and she knew perfectly well, they were showing her only what she
> wanted/expected to see and knew working conditions weren't the same in
> other plants or even in other parts of the same plant she visited.


But that's manufacturing almost across the board these days.

For domestic workers their conditions are tops.