Why is the U.S companies against a bill to help China laborers?

In this blog, I am going to talk about my discovery in attempt to find out why are other countries not giving China a helping hand. I came across a journal by Sarah Schafer titled “Now They Speak Out; If U.S. business is a quiet force for progress in China, as it claims, why is it protesting against labor reform?” that was basically about how big U.S companies are discouraging the new Chinese labor law proposed. This information struck me as strange because I suspected America to be one of the first countries in insisting China with their labor issues. According to Schafer, the proposed law would give the employees some power, for example, it would be hard for a manger to fire an older employee who worked at that place for years. Employers be would require to sign a contract agreeing that they would pay unemployed workers unemployment and the law would put an end to long hours and unpaid wages. The question is now why would some American companies deny such a bill? According to several critics in China, American companies do not want this law passed because they cherish profits over China’s principles. This came as shocking news. Of course, not all American firms will put profits before the importance of Chinese labor. Microsoft, General Electric, and other companies of these types are the companies disapproving the law according to Schafer. Representatives for these companies say they are better off enforcing the laws that already exist because too much power are going to be invested in the official union. I do not necessarily agree with the American firms. As I talked about in my older blogs, China has a difficult time enforcing labors laws in their country. One might argue that if there are laws in China that are in effect and is not being enforced, then, there is no point in creating a new law. This is true, if the government is not going to enforce the laws that they already have then they should do away with the proposed law. However, if the government is serious about the proposed law, they should do both. They should enforce the proposed law and existing laws by employing more inspectors in these factories and companies. I gave a suggestion earlier saying that China should pass a law protecting their workers and that is what they are doing. This is becoming a learning experience because prior to this cultural encounter, I thought that the government was at fault for not trying. I now see that they are making attempts.

Schafer, Sarah. "Now They Speak Out; If U.S. business is a quiet force for progress in China, as it claims, why is it protesting against labor reform?" Newsweek International (May 28, 2007): NA. Academic OneFile. Gale. Wheaton College. 27 Mar. 2008
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