On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:02:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jul 26, 10:55 am, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:08:10 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

without unions there will be no strong middle class,http://www.unionworld.us

Must be a U.S. phenomena as there is a strong middle class in many
Asian countries with either no unions or Government controlled unions.

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

You got figures on how many middle class there are as a percentage of
the population, versus the western world?? - must be a GREAT place to
work, why else would the western world offshore its manufacturing
there? - maybe, no unions to put a brake on the excesses of
capitalism.

Andrew VK3BFA.

Nope. That wasn't what the guy said. Read it. I didn't say or imply
that there is as many as in the West, Just that there is a middle
class and no, or government, controlled unions.

By the way, your last comment about the excesses of capitalism I
assume refers to the low salaries in the developing countries
vis-a-vis the high salaries in the West. The argument is spurious as
the wages paid in S.E.A., when compared with the cost of living is
probably roughly comparable, on a percentage basis, with the West.
Note that I am not including China as I have no direct personal
knowledge of the country.

In fact the more factories that open the larger the "middle class"
becomes as the problem is not low salaries, it is lack of jobs, which
a union cannot solve.

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)