Work In the 21st Century

Workers are again pushed and pulled to new jobs in new places…

Why do jobs leave Michigan?

• Goods (like automobiles) are being produced elsewhere.

•These goods are selling well in the United States and worldwide.

• Avoid rules about work, set by unions• Avoid taxes and rules about work and

pollution, set by the government• Want people around the world to buy cars

– Don’t want to ship cars around the world– And want people to have jobs so they can buy

cars– So move factories closer to these new markets

Why produce elsewhere?

GlobalizationGlobal competition

• For products: Americans import better or cheaper products from other countries

• For jobs: Outsourcing of jobs to countries where work rules are more flexible & labor is cheaper

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Rust Belt to Sun Belt Migration

• Outsourcing of jobs to areas where labor is cheaper and more flexible

• Jobs are moving so people are moving

Image Source: The Growth and Distribution of American Cities:1790 to 2000. U.S. Census Bureau. Available via http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/maps_1790to2000.html

Rust Belt to Sun Belt Migration

Image Source: The Growth and Distribution of American Cities:1790 to 2000. U.S. Census Bureau. Available via http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/maps_1790to2000.html