[Havoc]

Excuse me. I'm not asking for a higher paying job. I'm not demanding a higher paying job. I didn't ask the government to get me a job or threaten anyone. I have a middle class job that is going away not because we didn't perform enough, we're tops, we've never failed, never dropped the ball and the company is making a fortune off us.
I get a small fraction of what they make on my seat. And I'm not one that goes shouting for raises or complaining they aren't giving me anything - on the contrary, I am one who signed up to work for a given rate and haven't asked for anything more.. ever. I have gotten two raises in 4 years though because of my performance and a few small bonuses on top of that. I'm one of the very few that has.

I earned my position. It's being sold out from under me to mexican labor for no other reason than mexican labor is cheaper and the client wants the cheaper mexican labor now because it's available. If it weren't available, we wouldn't be having this discussion. And it took Nafta to do it. Prior to nafta, this would have fallen under anti-dumping laws. So it's not like I'm asking for something that didn't exist before.

All the same, thank you for tacitly lying about my position or misconstruing it decietfully. You can't argue what's there; but, you sure can run your mouth.

[rudypoot]

It's being sold out from under me to mexican labor for no other reason than mexican labor is cheaper and the client wants the cheaper mexican labor now because it's available.

Market forces are driving them away. Like I said before, you want your employer to pay you more than what your job is worth. He found a mexican that could do the same thing you were doing for less money. The price your employer has to pay for your skills dropped. You are correct when you say that the only reason your job got sold out from under you is because of cheaper labor. I bet you could keep your job if you accepted the salary of the mexican labor. I am going to have to repeat myself again: you want your employer to pay you more than what your job is worth.

The extra cost of paying you will translate into higher prices for the consumer. Consumers always look for the best value and if someone can do the same thing for cheaper they will always pick the cheaper. Just ask Toyota and Ford.

It boils down to damning the entire company just so you can have your old salary back.

...you sure can run your mouth.

Guilty as charged.