Reply #53: NAFTA not just about corporations saving $ on payroll [View All]

They can safe fortunes going to where there is less regulation of labor and environmental issues.

Imagine the outcry in the US if lots of manufacturers REQUIRED female workers to take birth control pills. (Yes, I do know SOME jobs do require that due to exposure to certain substances as part of the job here, but the malquiladoras have been known to require females to take the pill so they will keep working - oh, and there have been some real horror stories about sexual abuse too, so there's another reason to make sure the girls are all taking the pill)

Few or barely enforced regulations probable saves as much or more than the labor costs. And the corporations know when Americans get desperate enough, workers HERE will insist protections and regulations be scrapped, just so they can get some sort of job.

It is economic blackmail. NAFTA is all about wiping out sovereignty and laws corporations don't like.