But that isn't the tale you hear from the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority whose spokespersons say the people of the area involved support this draconian and egregious plan. Then they stumble a bit when asked to name one group from the area which does. We don't want this nuclear trash trucked out Interstate 20 through Ward County and we support Sierra Blanca in its opposition to being nuked in the name of Yankee dollars. Righteous indignation and outrage poured forth from liberals and organized labor. Granted, I can understand labor unions being upset with foreign competition which pays workers a daily wage of about half of the unions' hourly wage.
Unions have a vested interest in keeping a lid on competition.
At the same time, unions can pat themselves on the back for being responsible for chasing investment overseas. I guess the Teamsters could try to organize the workers of the world, but it did not work for the Communist Party and I doubt it will work for the son of Hoffa. That something is the success of Mexico's maquiladoras. According to a recent feature story in the Dallas Morning News, the Mexican assembly plants set up under this program, which has been in existence since 1965, total 3,833 factories with a work force of one million plus. Ciudad Acuna, on the other side of the Rio Grande from Del Rio, has 53 such factories with a workforce of 20,000.