08-31-2007, 06:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-31-2007, 06:56 PM by Swiss Mercenary.)
I find the entire notion of borders... Questionable when it comes to labour.
Namely, because they do not apply to employers - corporations. If I'm an employer, the demand for labour, I can open up shop anywhere - with no regard to borders. Yet, when I am an employee, the supply of labour, I am very much restricted by them. I can't move down to the states, and work there. I can't move over to India, and work there, assuming I'd want to. Yet, were I a corporation, opening up a foreign branch would just be a question of money.
Work is a two-part tango, and something about that doesn't seem wholly right.
Namely, because they do not apply to employers - corporations. If I'm an employer, the demand for labour, I can open up shop anywhere - with no regard to borders. Yet, when I am an employee, the supply of labour, I am very much restricted by them. I can't move down to the states, and work there. I can't move over to India, and work there, assuming I'd want to. Yet, were I a corporation, opening up a foreign branch would just be a question of money.
Work is a two-part tango, and something about that doesn't seem wholly right.