working conditions (benefits, healthcare, safety, etc.) IS labor costs.
Example in my company : My truck drivers needs a driving licence, an open-road permit, a crane permit, a loader permit, all of those needs to be assessed every 5 years or so, including numerous (re)training sessions ; then he needs safety shoes, googles, a hard hat, and gloves. Ok now he can drive his truck or loader : but for safety issues the truck and loader are checked by an outside company every two years ; the truck includes as well a very expensive mandatory electronic speed and time control : the driver of course has to stay within authorized speed limits, but he has also to comply to mandatory rest stops.
All this is just the tip of the iceberg why we Americans or Europeans cannot compete with social dumping. We cannot make our society progress in quality and still compete head front with people stuck in our XIXth century...
But it was still better than regular crossbows K!P.
Example in my company : My truck drivers needs a driving licence, an open-road permit, a crane permit, a loader permit, all of those needs to be assessed every 5 years or so, including numerous (re)training sessions ; then he needs safety shoes, googles, a hard hat, and gloves. Ok now he can drive his truck or loader : but for safety issues the truck and loader are checked by an outside company every two years ; the truck includes as well a very expensive mandatory electronic speed and time control : the driver of course has to stay within authorized speed limits, but he has also to comply to mandatory rest stops.
All this is just the tip of the iceberg why we Americans or Europeans cannot compete with social dumping. We cannot make our society progress in quality and still compete head front with people stuck in our XIXth century...