Taking that point further, this is exactly what you would expect an efficient firm to do. They are maximizing productivity and minimizing costs within a regula

Taking that point further, this is exactly what you would expect an efficient firm to do. They are maximizing productivity and minimizing costs within a regulatory framework. Its the regulatory framework that needs changing if we want to see broad improvements in the blue collar worker's plight. Almost any improvement will be at the expense of cheap goods, so get be prepared to pay for that improvement too. I believe this is the key reason we never see anything done about immigration in the US or pollution in China: at the end of the day, we care more about the cheap goods than the workers or pollution.