If they are going to pay higher wages they want better skilled workers. The companies that look at El Paso are looking for the lowest US wages they can pay. Companies that pay better go where the skills are. Pretty much they ignore El Paso. We cannot control the companies' behavior through social exhortations or by appreciation to workers once the workers are no longer cheap enough.
Capitalism is inexorably rational and inevitably cruel.
In El Paso, my community, thousands of women have worked for the garment industry for many years in the past. They are actually responsible for the growth of our community to what it is now. In addition, they have dressed many us throughout the country. Many have devoted over 30 years of service to this industry and helped companies grow considerably. We should be eternally grateful to the labor of these individuals and the pride with which they have performed it.