The frustration you feel is why companies outsource. While we all love goods to be produced in our home countries and love unions, we all complain when something costs more as a result and often go for the cheaper alternative when available.
Kodak has to pay generous benefits to thousands of retired union workers. Agfa doesnt have that burden after filing for bankruptcy in 2005, hence they have les costs and can sell film for cheaper
Maybe the government should outsource the country and stop paying any retirement benefits?
You do know folks pay a good portion of their salary to fund those benefits, I know the fund I am now collecting from is worried that they are only funded for the next 29 years instead of the statutory requirement of 30, and have $60+ Billion of worker's bucks in a vested system.
The portion of money donated by employers are in lieu of salary, and allow the government to collect taxes at the other end from retirement checks.
And it is for all workers, not just "Union" workers.
I know I worked two jobs, one for 30 years, one for 25, and neither had their retirement run by the Union, one was a non union job.
Or perhaps we should all move to some country where we have 12 kids who we hope will support us in our "Golden" years.
You have the option when you go to work to choose a place with no benefits -- or , better still, don't cash your tax refund checks so that money can help the government remain solvent? You can donate to your employer or the government as well, or be self employed then you can bitch at yourself when you think of retirement if you screwed up the math. ;-)
Some people get the education / training to find a job that suits their needs, present and future, some do not.
There are many places where people work more days, more hours, more years, and work til they die-- and Tri X is $10 a roll.
When Foma 200 was less than $1 a roll, the average Czech made less than $300 a month and a ride on the Metro was about $.10, or less.
Regards, John
