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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 1056345" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>But they aren&#039;t willing to accept a lower profit margin, thus they sent those factories overseas.&nbsp; Did I not point out how cutthroat corporate America is?&nbsp; I&#039;m not praising them for this, just pointing out what they are actually doing.&nbsp; If producing goods for Americans in America with American employees costs them a lot more they aren&#039;t going to do it if they can&#039;t maintain profits.&nbsp; They aren&#039;t willing to sacrifice and you really can&#039;t make them settle for less.&nbsp; Look at Hostess.&nbsp; The union wasn&#039;t willing to concede anything so they shut it down.&nbsp; Not a strategy to get around the union, they&#039;re out of business.&nbsp; They weren&#039;t going to lose money to make the union happy and I guess products that go stale aren&#039;t a candidate for moving overseas, as in Wonder Bread.&nbsp; So they quit.&nbsp; That&#039;s something to consider with FedEx.&nbsp; If a union had got in and the company was losing money with no concessions from the union, they&#039;d have to shut it down.&nbsp; I think we need a union to protect us from mgmt but I&#039;ve seen here the idea that we should be getting everything UPS gets.&nbsp; If FedEx had been put into that position in the late 90&#039;s I&#039;m certain we wouldn&#039;t be arguing here now because FedEx would&#039;ve gone down in flames in 2009.&nbsp; But people want what they want and never consider the unintended consequences until it&#039;s too late.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 1056345, member: 24302"] But they aren't willing to accept a lower profit margin, thus they sent those factories overseas. Did I not point out how cutthroat corporate America is? I'm not praising them for this, just pointing out what they are actually doing. If producing goods for Americans in America with American employees costs them a lot more they aren't going to do it if they can't maintain profits. They aren't willing to sacrifice and you really can't make them settle for less. Look at Hostess. The union wasn't willing to concede anything so they shut it down. Not a strategy to get around the union, they're out of business. They weren't going to lose money to make the union happy and I guess products that go stale aren't a candidate for moving overseas, as in Wonder Bread. So they quit. That's something to consider with FedEx. If a union had got in and the company was losing money with no concessions from the union, they'd have to shut it down. I think we need a union to protect us from mgmt but I've seen here the idea that we should be getting everything UPS gets. If FedEx had been put into that position in the late 90's I'm certain we wouldn't be arguing here now because FedEx would've gone down in flames in 2009. But people want what they want and never consider the unintended consequences until it's too late. [/QUOTE]

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