>Au contraire. For workers with similar qualifications,
>a fall in manufacturing wages probably means downward
>pressure on service wages. Conversely, service workers
>have more bargaining power if there is an ample mfg
>sector to which to move.
Sure, but if we're talking the loss of 100,000 manufacturing jobs, how much downward pressure does that place when total private service sector employment is 85 million - and total service sector employment is 106 million (including government) - and some 2.8 million new jobs are being created annually?
Doug