Interesantísimo articulito en el Wall Street Journal comparando el panorama social y económico de Texas con el de Ohio. Esta parte acerca de los gremios es muy impresionante :
Ohio's most crippling handicap may be that its politicians -- and thus its employers -- are still in the grip of such industrial unions as the United Auto Workers. Ohio is a "closed shop" state, which means workers can be forced to join a union whether they wish to or not. Many companies -- especially foreign-owned -- say they will not even consider such locations for new sites. States with "right to work" laws that make union organizing more difficult had twice the job growth of Ohio and other forced union states from 1995-2005, according to the National Institute for Labor Relations.
On the other hand, Texas is a right to work state and has been adding jobs by the tens of thousands. Nearly 1,000 new plants have been built in Texas since 2005, from the likes of Microsoft, Samsung and Fujitsu. Foreign-owned companies supplied the state with 345,000 jobs. No wonder Texans don't fear global competition the way some Presidential candidates do.
Muy interesante. Yo insisto en que uno de los principales problemas de la Argentina y Latinoamérica son las leyes laborales que espantan inversiones y sólo sirven para premiar a vagos a costa del resto de la sociedad.
ReplyDeleteYa la idea de poner un kiosko trae pavor a cualquier inversor ante los riesgos que implica contratar personal.
El mayor salto que podría dar la región es la comprensión de que los salarios reales suben y se alcanza el pleno empleo sin regulaciones laborales.
Pero el peor problema es que las reglas, buenas o malas, no se mantienen en el tiempo.