Jobs Jobs Jobs But where are the workers?

摘要

"Build it where you sell it" used to be the motivation for foreign automakers to bring plants to America-as well as to avoid transport costs, to achieve quicker-to-market timing, and as a hedge against currency-exchange fluctuations. But today, it's simply cheaper to build cars here than it is in South Korea or Germany or Sweden.Automakers might have taken a breather during the devastating recession of 2008-2010, laying off hundreds of thousands of auto workers as vehicle sales plummeted and the need for second and third production shifts waned. But auto factory employment is now at a higher level than before the last sales peak-just before the economy collapsed in 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (see chart below).