Despite
the lower corporate tax rate, companies are slow to respond to Tariffs and
return manufacturing operations back to the US. Of the 60,000 factories we
lost, we have only restored 10,000 factories since 2017.
Labor
Unions need to understand the part they played in the off-shoring of US
manufacturing since the 1960s. The negativism, disruption, entitlement and
negative contributions of unions must stop.
I
recommend that they move toward becoming Guilds to concentrate on training.
Employment
from early times was provided primarily from family businesses. Families were
involved in farming, raising livestock and skilled trades they learned from
their parents. Children from these families were the first apprentices. Later,
non-family based Apprenticeships were based on interests, talent and skills.
These were the middle class jobs.
Guilds
were formed in the Middle Ages where skilled trades professionals and merchants
met to learn from each other. These were Professional Associations formed by
profession including merchants, stone masons, carpenters, bakers, shoe makers,
weavers, leather makers, blacksmiths, miners, artists, scientists, architects,
physicians and 100 others. Pay was based on skill.
Members
of these Guilds paid dues to support the activities of each group and elected
leaders to manage these funds according to the wishes of the members. This
allowed Guilds to record and share “best practices” to ensure continual quality
improvement and advance their technologies.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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