Fuelled by a low peso and
cheap labour costs, Mexico's booming manufacturing industry has already overtaken Canada's in terms of the dollar value of exports to the U.S. Indeed, Canada is contending with more than just low oil prices.
Some of these occupations are getting shipped overseas due to
cheaper labour costs, while others are becoming obsolete with the passage of time.
Not exact matches
Mexico's
labour costs are
cheaper, and the quality of goods produced in the country has improved.
With the
cost of fuel rising, and the
cost of
labour rising in China as well, not everything made in China is that
cheap anymore.
The company's overseas venture actually is less risky than its operations in North America, given the low
labour costs,
cheap rent and growing economy.
After China opened up to the global market economy and joined the global competition, its most useful weapon is
cheap labour, factory owners are trying to minimize any
cost including that of workers» safety, due to lack of safety regulation in foreign investments.
He cited the high Australian dollar, comparatively high
labour costs, and dramatically
cheaper imports as factors.
Poor working conditions and child
labour issues continue to plague the clothing the clothing industry and some consumers are unaware that
cheap clothes come at a
cost to people and the environment.
But no crackdown on those bosses who use
cheap labour to cut
costs.
But if you are planning to reuse teabags for economy purpose, the best choice will be to shift from tea bag to tea leaf or tea granules or tea dust which comes
cheaper as you are not going to pay the
cost of the filter bags and strings, and the
labour of packing each tea bag.
The more frugal and persistent though can negate these
costs: phoning breakers yards and trawling the internet in search for
cheaper used parts, and using independent
labour or even engaging in some DIY to fit them.
Slowly but surely, US manufacturing & its blue collar workforce began to give back its windfall gains — displaced domestically by capital & technology, and internationally by
cheaper labour &
costs.
Unfinished hardwood is
cheaper and allows you to pick a stain that matches other facets in the house — just make sure the
labour costs include this part of the job.
This means using software systems as well as low ‐
cost human
labour to provide
cheaper and more efficient legal services.
Most materials are therefore sourced in countries where the
cost of
labour is
cheap.
One of the reasons ZTE is able to keep its
costs down is the fact that the Blade 3 is designed and manufactured in China, with the
cheap labour and parts reflected in the final price.
We forget, as we spend to maintain our «habit», about the attendant environmental
costs of mass manufacture, carbon intensive shipping and
cheap Third World
labour.