Keyword: labor cost
Happy Returns (3/7/2002)
Returned merchandise that would have been scrapped or sold at big discounts are given a second life after being refurbished with cheap Mexican labor.
Keywords: consumer electronics goods, end-of-life cycle, labor cost, material flow, Mexico, NAFTA, no-questions-asked, phones, refurbishing, refurbishment, restocking fee, return policy, Super Bowl problem
Underground Homes (2/27/2007)
Influx of illegal immigrant workers to the U.S. homebuilding industry has made new homes more affordable but kept the home construction business labor intensive.
Keywords: construction, homebuilding, illegal immigrants, labor cost, Mexico, prefabrication, productivity, subcontractors, undocumented immigrants, wages