A difference that could probably be made up if not for UNIONS. If is possible that Hershey workers are paid FAR more than what a job making and packing candy is worth?
My home is just outside of Harrisburg, just a few miles from Hershey. Regularly there is stuff in the papers about the UNION threatening a strike.
I bet if they dropped the union, opened the shop to anyone who wanted to work, Hershey could remain in the U.S. These workers are not assembling aircraft or dismantling old nukes. They are making and boxing CANDY.
Where is the need for a union here? So I blame the unions.. again. Ten years ago union workers at Caterpillar in York, PA (just south of Harrisburg) making excellent wages, went on strike. Cat warned them but they went on strike.
Cat closed the plant. Brilliant move union workers (making as much folks with MBA’s). It must be something in the water in this area. Union workers succeeded in closing two major plants.
A few months ago the Harley union nearly got the plant in York closed. Among others, broom pushers and box painters making $20+++/hr +great benefits threatened a strike. Bright move.
Unions,,,, making the work place safe for unions.
Great job.
That figure seems very low to me. I would think the Mexican wages are much LOWER than 10% of the average union payroll in United States...
Machines could do all that.