Forum Post: Boycott Whirlpool
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 28, 2011, 10:45 a.m. EST by Krankie
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I heard on the news that yet another "American" company is laying off more American workers (5000 across the US and Europe), so they can be replaced with "cheaper" workers elsewhere. EVERYONE in the OWS movement should contact Whirlpool (http://www.whirlpool.com/contact-us/) and tell them what you think about their actions, and that you plan to boycott their products if they insist on boycotting American workers. Spread the word, and if you have any friends in the media, let them know. Maybe if enough of us voice our displeasure over this action, MANY Americans will let Whirlpool know what they think about their treatment of American workers and other companies might think twice before emulating Whirlpool's actions. This will take just 5 minutes of your time - please make a difference and help stop the flood of jobs out of America.
It's more complicated that you might think. This quote from the Chicago Tribune (below, in quotes) supplies additional information. Whirlpool's products are of high quality, but LG and Samsung are free to dump their products in the United States at lower prices than Whirlpool. The U.S. Commerce Department plays a role in pushing manufacturers to relocate. They need to level the playing field to make it fair. We also need a stronger Buy American campaign. And yes, CEO's need to take much lower salaries.
"Whirlpool cited a preliminary ruling by the U.S. Commerce Department that South Korean companies LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics "dumped" low-cost refrigerators made in South Korea and Mexico into the U.S. market. Samsung and LG did not immediately respond to requests for comment."
This isn't complicated. Your argument is that Whirlpool has to race to the bottom because everyone else is? What if they did a heavy marketing campaign where they expose these other companies for their crappy foreign construction and ask the public to support whirlpool in order to keep american jobs? THEN if the public didn't respond, they could move the jobs. But the fact is that they DON'T CARE in the first place.
It's more complicated that you might think. This quote from the Chicago Tribune (below, in quotes) supplies additional information. Whirlpool's products are of high quality, but LG and Samsung are free to dump their products in the United States at lower prices than Whirlpool. The U.S. Commerce Department plays a role in pushing manufacturers to relocate. They need to level the playing field to make it fair. We also need a stronger Buy American campaign. And yes, CEO's need to take much lower salaries.
"Whirlpool cited a preliminary ruling by the U.S. Commerce Department that South Korean companies LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics "dumped" low-cost refrigerators made in South Korea and Mexico into the U.S. market. Samsung and LG did not immediately respond to requests for comment."
Republican canidate Buddy Roemer is the only canidate that has a plan to keep American Jobs. All others only want to cut corporate tax rates that will do nothing to save jobs tax cuts will only increase corporate and business profits
It's more complicated that you might think. This quote from the Chicago Tribune (below, in quotes) supplies additional information. Whirlpool's products are of high quality, but LG and Samsung are free to dump their products in the United States at lower prices than Whirlpool. The U.S. Commerce Department plays a role in pushing manufacturers to relocate. They need to level the playing field to make it fair. We also need a stronger Buy American campaign. And yes, CEO's need to take much lower salaries.
"Whirlpool cited a preliminary ruling by the U.S. Commerce Department that South Korean companies LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics "dumped" low-cost refrigerators made in South Korea and Mexico into the U.S. market. Samsung and LG did not immediately respond to requests for comment."
Yes we do need a stronger Buy American Campaign but this campaign needs to include where things are made and a strong look at the companies as well. We have many American companies that manufacture in America but do little to share the profits with the American labor force while many of their CEOS make 800 times the salary of the average worker.
It's more complicated that you might think. This quote from the Chicago Tribune (below, in quotes) supplies additional information. Whirlpool's products are of high quality, but LG and Samsung are free to dump their products in the United States at lower prices than Whirlpool. The U.S. Commerce Department plays a role in pushing manufacturers to relocate. They need to level the playing field to make it fair. We also need a stronger Buy American campaign. And yes, CEO's need to take much lower salaries.
"Whirlpool cited a preliminary ruling by the U.S. Commerce Department that South Korean companies LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics "dumped" low-cost refrigerators made in South Korea and Mexico into the U.S. market. Samsung and LG did not immediately respond to requests for comment."
We better figure out a way to keep American jobs in America and we better figure it out pretty quickly. Voting in responsive thinking representatives would be a great start (that leaves out TeaParty and GOPers). Brazil has an expanding economy with factories lured to their shores with tax breaks, no or few tariffs, other incentives. Americans need to be educated and mass media is certainly the most effective. However, the conservatives figured that out quite a while ago and have monopolized the media with their incessant brainwashing (Fox, Rush, right-wing radio clones of Rush, etc.). Common-sense ideas (rather than right-wing reactionary and libertarian blatherings) need a way to be communicated to the vast majority of Americans who recognize these problems need to be addressed immediately. Bickering on a blog page or in a chat room just won't cut it. Call in to the radio shows, write to the newspapers, get the word out via mass communication. Organize. March. Strike. Boycott. Do something.
We better figure out a way to keep American jobs in America and we better figure it out pretty quickly. Voting in responsive thinking representatives would be a great start (that leaves out TeaParty and GOPers). Brazil has an expanding economy with factories lured to their shores with tax breaks, no or few tariffs, other incentives. Americans need to be educated and mass media is certainly the most effective. However, the conservatives figured that out quite a while ago and have monopolized the media with their incessant brainwashing (Fox, Rush, right-wing radio clones of Rush, etc.). Common-sense ideas (rather than right-wing reactionary and libertarian blatherings) need a way to be communicated to the vast majority of Americans who recognize these problems need to be addressed immediately. Bickering on a blog page or in a chat room just won't cut it. Call in to the radio shows, write to the newspapers, get the word out via mass communication. Organize. March. Strike. Boycott. Do something.
Um, have you studied economics at all? If you hurt the company monetarily, they will only purge expensive US jobs faster. How about we demand an end to the minimum wage so these jobs have a chance at returning to the US.
Am I the only one that thinks that this latest example of corporate treason is disgraceful? If people don't react to this type of behavior and make companies understand that there IS a financial cost to this behavior (because we all know that money is the only thing they care about).