Comments on: Germany Still Upset At Nokia, Demands Subsidies Returned http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/germany_still_upset_at_nokia_demands_subsidies_returned.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: HeavyLight http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/germany_still_upset_at_nokia_demands_subsidies_returned.html/comment-page-1#comment-215933 HeavyLight Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:34:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/germany_still_upset_at_nokia_demands_subsidies_returned.html#comment-215933 It's a complicated situation, Ricky. Combine German industry's historically benevolent relationship with the trade unions in an area struggling with already high unemployment plus a large dose of regional (rather than national) politics thrown in to the turmoil. (And quite possibly a degree of xenophobia towards both the Finns and the Romanians.) These are difficult times in central Europe with massive wage differentials across the newly-relaxed borders, leading many in the workforce to feel like sacrificial cannon fodder. Even here in the UK there are hardly any low-paid or casual jobs available any more as formerly-east European migrants dominate the sector. Thank goodness for the minimal protection of minimum wage levels! I guess the folk in the southern American states went through much the same angst when industry started heading south to Mexico? <em>HeavyLight's last blog post..<a href='http://normob.blogspot.com/2008/02/study-says-mobile-churn-is-approaching.html' rel="nofollow">Study Says Mobile Churn is Approaching 40%</a></em> It’s a complicated situation, Ricky.
Combine German industry’s historically benevolent relationship with the trade unions in an area struggling with already high unemployment plus a large dose of regional (rather than national) politics thrown in to the turmoil. (And quite possibly a degree of xenophobia towards both the Finns and the Romanians.)

These are difficult times in central Europe with massive wage differentials across the newly-relaxed borders, leading many in the workforce to feel like sacrificial cannon fodder.
Even here in the UK there are hardly any low-paid or casual jobs available any more as formerly-east European migrants dominate the sector.
Thank goodness for the minimal protection of minimum wage levels!

I guess the folk in the southern American states went through much the same angst when industry started heading south to Mexico?

HeavyLight’s last blog post..Study Says Mobile Churn is Approaching 40%

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