[ArGee]

And yet people on FR still defend NAFTA, etc.

While there may be problems with globalism, they should not be discussed on a thread about an Electrolux plant closing.

Electrolux isn't an American company. The plant only existed in the first place because of globalism.

I wonder if people in Sweeden were complaining about "that giant sucking sound" when the Greenville plant was opened?

Shalom.

[Area51]

I Happen to live in Greenville and know a bit about what I am saying versus the BS on this thread.

First the Local, State and Feds put together a package that would have created a renissance zone that the company could have built a new state of the art factory across town on a city bypass, in an industrial park.
Along with many other tax breaks that amounted to about 4 million in savings per year.

The Company said it needed to save 81 Million PER YEAR to stay. They lost their competitiveness becuase it major competitors are already in Mexico. The showed a profit last year, this all came about this year. There was nothing I repeat NOTHING the employees could do short of working for 4 dollars an hour that would have changed Electrolux's mind. Because that is what they pay their Mexican workers in Juarez.

Further, the Employees that some of you rail against took it up the hinnie a couple of years ago with a two tear pay scale that limited the top of what the younger employees could make. Seems to me it was like about 2-4 dollars an hour difference along with increased insurance costs. These folks didn't get rich working there.

And finally AB Electorlux didn't build a freaking thing in Greenville. They bought the Business from White Consolidated (Frigidaire) who purchased it from the Gibsons who started the factory back in the 20-30s.
This was an American company that was purchase by a Foreign company. The Owners and Employees of Greenville, MI built that business Not some swiss vacumn company.

Also, the Fighting Falcon an Aircraft that carried many US service men During the Invation of Normandy was built in Greenville IN THAT PLANT.

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Did people loose jobs in Sweden to have them moved here? Doubtful. They probably opened the plant to expand production and to have a "local" plant for units sold in the US.