Thursday, July 05, 2007

Outsourcing and automobile manufacture

Relevant to the general issue of outsourcing, the globeandmail had the following related to a story on auto manufacture:

THE CHANGING FACE OF AUTO MANUFACTURING

$73

Average amount unionized assembly line workers make per hour in the United States, including benefits (U.S. dollars).

83ยข

Amount in U.S. dollars that Chinese auto maker Chery says it pays assembly line workers per hour, a total of $132 a month.


Merely fyi, 73/0.83 = 88

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