Unions/Enviros Shoot Selves in Foot

[Ben]

It sounds more like this is a union posing as an environmental group. Ironically though, they are citing "environmental harm" regarding a plant that makes public transportation vehicles, which is supposed to be good for the environment. I'm gonna guess NV or AZ will get the plant and the jobs.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/10/23/union-demands-send-japanese-firm-jobs-packing-from-california-town/

[MillCreek]

After reading the article, I think this was a ploy by the local IBEW to try and unionize the plant.  Hard to unionize the plant, though, if the company decides to move the plant away.  But the local residents will be safe from the danger of spore-borne valley fever.

[MechAg94]

They are bitching about the unions, but they probably voted for the people who wrote their labor and enviro laws. 

[MechAg94]

It said the company recently relocated to El Segundo.  Why?  The only people who can afford to live anywhere near the office are the top executives. 

[just Warren]

Eh, I'm sure parts of Hawthorne and Inglewood are cheap enough. And North Redondo was a hellpit for awhile, especially as you got further from the Hermosa border.

[KD5NRH]

It said the company recently relocated to El Segundo.  Why?  The only people who can afford to live anywhere near the office are the top executives.

Seems like a fairly common bit of idiocy; why would you ever want to manufacture a product in California for nationwide distribution when there are so many places throughout the country with drastically lower taxes, lower cost of living, (which means your workers can live better on their wages, or the same on lower wages) more employer-friendly laws, etc.?

For a brick and mortar retailer, there are advantages to a prestigious and accessible location, but for manufacturing or online sales, only your employees need to be able to get there.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

It's a product for end use in California isn't it?


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[Ben]

It's a product for end use in California isn't it?


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Correct. That's why I was figuring they're now likely looking at the closest borders.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Yea it's not an easy product to ship either. In a perfect world I'd look for a plant adjacent to tracks


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[KD5NRH]

It's a product for end use in California isn't it?

It's light rail vehicles.  Same ones are in use in Dallas, and frankly, the east coast is likely to be a bigger purchaser than the west coast due to the higher concentration of dense cities over a large area.

Yea it's not an easy product to ship either. In a perfect world I'd look for a plant adjacent to tracks

Standard gauge.  Hook on to a diesel and drag it to wherever the electricity starts.  Lots of abandoned industrial sites all over the country have their own spur already.