Esther J. Cepeda: Factory moves damage both sides of border - Gazettextra
CHICAGO -- In recent months, several U. S. -based manufacturers have announced that they're moving factory operations to Mexico. Goodyear, the Akron, Ohio-based tire manufacturer, broke ground on a $550 million, 1 million-plus-square-foot plant in Mexico in late July. Their work will be sent south to address what company spokeswoman Laurie Guzzinati told The Chicago Tribune is a $46 million gap between the cost of operating in Chicago and in Mexico. Now, Ford is reportedly negotiating a move of its small-car production to Mexico in 2018. It would join Fiat Chrysler, General Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen and the hundreds of component-part manufacturers that have moved operations to Mexico to... Now, it's just a given that in the game of “globalization,” American companies will send work to the foreign country that can offer the lowest possible wages from its starving citizens. In the case of sending U. S. work to Mexico, moving jobs south of the border supposedly is a net gain for us on two counts: We get cheaper, high-quality goods, and Mexico gains the infrastructure and jobs to create a middle class, improve quality... Source: www.gazettextra.com
