Ashley Furniture Pulling Out of California: 840 Workers (ethic, program, support)
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In this case the Chairman and CEO are the founders and owners of Ashley, the world's largest manufacturer of furniture. Most of their stuff is made in China and exported to the US where it is assembled. A small percentage of furniture is made in the USA.
In 2015 they settled with a $1.76 million fine with the Department of Labor for numerous OSHA safety violations. There were more than 1000 worker injuries over a 3 year period in theif Wisconsin facility.
According to the press in Mississippi, most of the jobs lost will be their gain as the facility had been expanded in recent years.
Has anyone gone through the trouble of clicking on the link in the OP? I though it would be strange for a company incur moving costs because of something that wouldn't occur for 7 years and would be negated by inflation anyway.. Turns out that the the source is BreitBart. �� The original source has no mention of CA's minimum wage; the min wage link is Beitbart's speculative twist.
If you read the original source you will see that Ashley already has excess capacity in their existing factories and decided to layoff their CA workforce to shift production so that they can take advantage of their spare capacity.
"The majority of production in Colton will move to U.S. plants in Wisconsin, Mississippi and North Carolina, “where we can tap into existing capacity and increase efficiency,” the statement continued.
“By shifting the majority of Colton production to other U.S. facilities we will create more efficiency and better use of existing capacity in our manufacturing network,” the Ashley statement read."
Exactly!
But don't ruin a good thread based on incorrect information.
All the people who want the employees to get $15 an hour would be happy to pay more for the furniture -- right??
I'm guessing, no -- they would go buy something made in China and grouse about the 'high prices' at Ashley.
Throw rocks if you must but you know I'm right.
And I am NOT advocating for cheap labor. I am simply saying we as a nation of consumers buy the lesser priced options and force the producers to cut corners where ever they can or lose business
Democrats destroyed the import tariffs that would allow higher standards of living in this country to remain viable.
Instead they want TPP, which would enable that much more globalist free trade. (Yes, it is Obama's fault, odanny.)
Has anyone gone through the trouble of clicking on the link in the OP? I though it would be strange for a company incur moving costs because of something that wouldn't occur for 7 years and would be negated by inflation anyway.. Turns out that the the source is BreitBart. �� The original source has no mention of CA's minimum wage; the min wage link is Beitbart's speculative twist.
If you read the original source you will see that Ashley already has excess capacity in their existing factories and decided to layoff their CA workforce to shift production so that they can take advantage of their spare capacity.
"The majority of production in Colton will move to U.S. plants in Wisconsin, Mississippi and North Carolina, “where we can tap into existing capacity and increase efficiency,” the statement continued.
“By shifting the majority of Colton production to other U.S. facilities we will create more efficiency and better use of existing capacity in our manufacturing network,” the Ashley statement read."
Do you wonder, for just a moment, why they are shutting the only Western facility down? Why not shut the Wisconsin, Mississippi or North Carolina facility down instead?
Its not absurd to be paid a wage you can live off of. Only republicans think that's the case and its a HUGE reason I have never joined the GOP or voted straight GOP ticket. The GOP's war on the working man is disgusting and harmful and they wonder why they lose elections.
You have the whole "money grows on trees" mentality.
There's no free lunch.
Do you wonder, for just a moment, why they are shutting the only Western facility down? Why not shut the Wisconsin, Mississippi or North Carolina facility down instead?
That would entail thinking....just a nightynight has a hard time doing....
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