A widespread “BOYCOTT NOKIA” movement is forming in Germany by plans announced by the Finnish handset manufacturer to close a 2,300-employee cell phone factory in Bochum, Germany, and replace it with one in Romania. abnormally, nobody is blaming the unions for the unsustainable costs of manufacturing in Germany, nor China, which artificially depresses the expected market price for handsets by avoiding costly things like

safety, employee benefits, fairness in hiring and a wide range of other unethical practices. No, Germany’s knee-jerk solution is for Nokia to just suck it up and lose money in order to subsidise German unions and German employment. Germany, that is just the beginning. whether you want to REALLY do something about the loss of manufacturing jobs, ban unions and boycott China.

Orginal post by Mike