Surprised? Odds are you work for Wal-Mart! - Page 1

I just saw this, a list of the top employer in each US state. By far, that turns out to be Wal-Mart! Universities, and Hospitals, (including health insurance) follow next, Alaska has an airport listed, and only two states, CT and WA, had any sort of a manufacturer, (jet engine manufacturers) as their top employer. What does that tell you people? Can you think of any sort of conclusion that pertains to our current political race? All those military and government government service jobs weren't even counted!

 

To determine the largest employer in each state, 24/7 Wall St. looked at employment figures for nonprofits and private and publicly held companies based on company press releases, government data, business journals, and local media reports. We excluded military bases and other federal and state government employers, with the exception of state universities, which were included.

Read more:  The Largest Employer in Each State - 24/7 Wall St. http://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/03/19/the-largest-employer-in-each-state-2/#ixzz428Ohjphc 
 

If you are working for Walmart, you don't even make $15/hr. No doubt, these are the Trump voters! How is America going to be saved by reinvigorating the Unions, as I heard Hillary saying yesterday was her answer to kick start the middleclass American paycheck. If all we do best is being a consumer, this just starts to smell like a ponzi scheme solution. 

Damn, we need somebody with some real brain sense to come up with something truly intelligent that will get people working for a meaningful, living wage that actually represents their worth. Conflating wages via a Union, and supporting their "bosses" with dues, is bound to end up making a real, bad stink.

When manufacturing was removed from the country, jobs became a thing of the past. The USA is no longer self sustaining, all that's left is Walmart.

How does globalisation get reversed, is that even sane talk?
Seems you can't have your free trade and protected industries at the same time.

The only hope IMO is that the people we exploit demand the same pay and rights as the people that lost their jobs to them, that will be some time away as their are still vast populations willing to be exploited and those willing to put their capitol onto their countries and exploit them.

Even talking of large scale manufacturing ever making a comeback in the west sounds anachronistic.

Those few in the west talented enough to design and innovate will rule, the rest get used to a lesser lifestyle....fuk autospell.

Design and innovate then outsource. Even meat processing is outsourced.

How does globalisation get reversed, is that even sane talk?
Seems you can't have your free trade and protected industries at the same time. ~vk4

Very good point and I would tend to agree with the above statement. I suppose we can't reverse globalisation, but maybe we need to be able to influence the outsource countries in more meaningful ways so they will reciprocate with us.

Those few in the west talented enough to design and innovate will rule, the rest get used to a lesser lifestyle....      ~vk4

Interestingly enough, this is our forte— innovation. I would counter that, saying that it isn't only for "a few", because that might not be consistent with our current number of Universities and research facilites. Also, niche manufacturing is a current area considered a strong avenue for our economy.

As to your thought, that "the rest" needs to accept a lesser standard living; this is at least as insane an idea as reversing globalization (such as manufucturing). People generally won't accept it, not without discontent and unrest. That is a recipe to turn to illegal activities to make up for the difference. Not a good solution for the typical disaffected Trump type supporter! Also, this will only exacerbate the exploiting of illegal aliens for the lowest paying jobs. An inflated pay base for low skill jobs is not going to give pride in work, and self that drives a profitable and innovation seeking workforce.

Perhaps there are not enough consequences for those US manufacturers to outweigh outsourcing, and other burden's borne by an employer? Anecdotely, I know a family who works for a nationally known company that advertises their products and services in TV ads, in a wide demographic. They are even close friends with the owner. I am dumbfounded when I hear my friend worry about the expense they are incurring because they have to pay for their own insurance, because the owner of the company was choosing to take the fine over providing for their key employees! I said, if that is the case, he should go in and ask for a raise! He hadn't had one in a while. I said, then he is allowing his boss to take advantage of him! She said he was the type thinking he'd be noticed and rewarded accordingly. Not so! The squeaky wheel does get the grease. But, I digress! He is also the guy who travels to China to maintain the quality needed for their products. Seems making the stuff is just too expensive here, but if one isn't staying on top of the quality, the Chinese worker output begins to suffer.

Which ties into Joan's observation about food product processing....we have seen those results ranging from lack of quality and scarier still to the corner cutting, that our pets (and ourselves!) have paid, too.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2015/09/09/who-is-feeding-chinas-half-a-billion-pigs/?sr_source=lift_taboola&nowelcome&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=SAP-mbl

How significant is pork to the Chinese way of life? In closing, consider these two facts.

The United States Department of Energy maintains a strategic petroleum reserve to help mitigate potential supply disruptions. China has a similar stockpile of frozen-pork reserves scattered across the nation in a network of large freezers.

China’s pork industry is looking beyond the country’s borders for more than feed grain. In 2013, the Chinese company Shuanghui International (now known as WH Group), made headlines when it spent a reported US$4.7 billion to buy Smithfield Foods – the largest pork producer in the United States.

Where are you going with this?