One might think that corporations that are based in America, and therefore have been part and parcel of what has help create the foundation of success in America, would, by their very nature, thereby be conscious of their obligation to first do right by those that are American citizens, by providing those Americans with good and stable employment opportunities, in the firm belief that Americans come first. In fact, though there are many corporations that do follow this policy, of being supportive and fair in their domestic employment; we also find that each year more and more of that work that could be done in the United States, is being outsourced to foreign lands primarily because of their cheaper labor conditions, instead. So then, for many a corporation, their main concern is not about domestic employment, a living wage, stable employment, or any of these types of things, but really they are firmly beholden to money and profit, above all else.
In America, from an employment cost perspective and in consideration that America has specific labor as well as environmental laws, we find that the cost of wages in America vis-à-vis developing nations – in regards to the amount of total compensation for a foreign worker -- that this is indeed considerably less than what that corresponding work would be compensated at within America. Additionally, there is the very real threat to labor, that if those domestic workers will not give in to corporate demands in regards to wages and work conditions, that this thus means that such work may then be outsourced, which all serves to keep the blue collar laborer down, with not only no negotiating position with corporate management, but also forever in a position of no say and of no power, as well.
We currently live in a construct in which whatever a given corporation of influence wants, they so get; which is beneficial to the bottom line of said corporation, but often devastating to local communities and in particular, the blue collar work force within those communities. This thus means, in essence, that corporate elites get an ever increasing amount of compensation from their profits that goes into their exclusive hands; leaving the government, then, to provide for those, that would prefer to provide for themselves, but now must count on the government to aid them in their everyday affairs.
The main reason why so many who labor in America, have no pricing wage power or any meaningful influence upon their working conditions, has a lot to do with the fact that their work can often be outsourced, as well as the fact that they will habitually be threatened with such being outsourced, if they don’t comply with management demands. Clearly, this is exploitation, which benefits mainly corporate elites, and hurts the common man; of which, we see the result of this by not only the ever greater unequalness between those that have as compared to those that have not, but also in the despair and lost of respect, that blue collar workers must suffer through, because they are part of a fixed game, in which, they always lose.