ECONOMY AND WAGES

THE ECONOMY TIED TO WAGES,

It is true that America is driven by money, whether we have it, or don't goes a long way in deciding how well off we are as individuals and conversely how well off our country is. However big business doesn't quite see it that way. They, (big business) basically look at their workers with little more respect then pieces on a chess board, replaceable at the local  K-Mart.

The relationship between management and labor has always been a tenuous proposition at best. We've all had asshole bosses, those people (men as well as women) who were difficult to get along with and in some cases impossible. I however have always looked upon those poor bastards with a degree of compassion, it's not their fault that there assholes, they were born assholes, were raised up in that environment and will die assholes.

The real culprits here are those business owners or managers who hire these pricks, they know who they are hiring and do it for one reason only, to get whatever production that they want from workers. They fail to understand that decent working conditions, respectful supervisors and wage incentives bring out the best in workers. American workers are team players that come together for a common goal of production and success.

Sadly many, many employees do not have the capacity to realize this fact of American workers. Some of these pricks, (owners) feel that it's a game that they are playing and that they hold all the cards. unbelievably in many cases, business fails to understand the fact that without good decent wages, the mass will not have the money to buy the very products that they are producing. I have personally seen this attitude, it's not pretty and is counter productive.

Intimidation and ruthless authoritarian practices are many times observed in lower end employment. With little exception employees are subjected to the whim of either a supervisor, or a hands on owner. The general view of employees is that, (they are lazy, try and get away with as much as possible and can't be trusted).

These people will never change, they are without any comprehension of  what they are and what they stand for. We now face a new atmosphere in America, lower wages, less benefits and more owner rights, rights without much questioning of their authority. All of this is bad for the worker, his family and the United States. Conservative Republicans are looking at this change with gleeful smiles and ata-boy handshakes and see only dollar signs.

Some of these business people have went even a step further, they have out sourced some of their production, lowering even more their production costs. They then import their product back to the United States for sale to those American employees that they are paying less money to, albeit at lower costs, and make money at both ends, (production and sales.)

There always has been a war between management and labor, usually in the name of a Capitalistic process of supply and demand, of the market taking care of itself, like it was a human being. Corporations are also like a human being, complete with arms, legs and a voice. I have a soccer ball that I call Wilson, does that make (him) human?

The war will continue and the economy will be effected and some will question why. However as with any sports season, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. Until we all come to understand that having a job is not fortunate, but rather a worker selling his skills or labor and that a business owner does  have responsibilities to his workers, this battle will go on.