“What happened to our American dream?” says Marivel Gutierez as an American icon jeans company, Levi’s is about to close shop in America and move overseas as her and thousands of workers are left behind without a job. Many are shocked and scared as there high pay and benefits tumble to a cheaper foreign labor force. Some, more aggravated after hearing that the president and chief executive of Levi’s, Philip A. Marinea received a bonus of $22.5 million dollars. Some would ask, why a corporate giant like Levi’s would leave America’s work force in the dust. The president of the apparel workers’ union, Bruce Raynor blames the American trade policy and the strength of retail stores like Wal-Mart, which are the front-runners of low cost labor around …show more content…
He supports this by presenting the statements from Levi’s executive president. The author not only present the opinions of Levi’s representatives but also shares the thoughts of the workers and their disagreement with Levi’s business plans. The workers believe that the company will still be able to compete by stayed in American and that Americans would be willing to pay more for a national product. While the president disagrees and falls back into the results of their research which has provided them with the belief that the American people did not care if the product was foreign or domestic as long as it was cheaper. Then author then ends by describing the beginning of the shutting down of the factories. Also, how insensitive at first the company was and how stunned the employees were of the news of the relocation. He finishes to say the company learned from its mistake and eases the blow with relocations services even though the remaining jobs are in lower-paying service industries. In my opinion, the author never appears to be on either of the parties sides. He just presents the problem and the thoughts of both parties involved with the problem. The author is to provide the reader with the information and lets the reader chose a