Why has the US become Germany’s cheap labor source?

The plight of American T-Mobile workers is now getting some attention from overseas.  A delegation of Deutsche Telekom workers – which is the German parent company of T-Mobile – and a member of the German Parliament are meeting with workers in the United States this week to discuss hostile work conditions within T-Mobile US.

Unlike in the United States – workers at Deutsche Telekom are unionized and sit on the corporate board – giving them a meaningful voice in the company’s decisions.  The purpose of the meeting is to call on the German government – which partially owns T-Mobile – to force the company to treat American workers better.   Thanks to 30 years of Reaganomics – the United States has now become Germany’s cheap labor source.