"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Matt Barrow" wrote:
In short, the US tried to compete on price instead of quality and wound
up
losing on both scores.

It's difficult to hold people accountable for a quality product when
labor laws protect those people who do not produce a quality product.
It's also difficult to stay in business when your wage-earners aren't
producing enough to make their employment profitable.

I agree with the high wage problem but what labor law are you citing?



To be fair, there are unionized companies who are very successful,
produce high quality products, and are profitable. I suspect a
distinguishing characteristic of these companies is good morale, which
is directly tied to the type of management practiced.


I'll agree with that.