Screw That Bulb: How GE Is Plugging Into the Green Movement to Move Jobs and Advanced Technology to China
Save the environment … or save a U.S. job? That’s the choice General Electric is forcing on U.S. consumers and its own workers.
GE is promoting new, energy saving light bulbs known as compact fluorescents, or CFLs. These bulbs last longer and use less energy than the typical incandescent bulbs found in most U.S. homes – but can cost up to 10 times the price.
GE is asking consumers and its employees to sign a pledge to “go green” and start purchasing the CFL light bulbs, which are imported from China. The problem is that each pledge leads to the loss of jobs in U.S. lighting plants. GE is actually asking workers in its lighting plants to pledge to put themselves out of a job!
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How Do You Know Where Your Bulb is Made?
All products that are manufactured are legally required to have a "country of origin" label, and that label must be in a conspicuous place. The label must be legible. It must also be as indelible and as permanent as the product will permit. The label should be on the product itself but may also be on the container for the product. In the case of light bulbs, sometimes the country of origin is on bulb, sometimes on the package for the bulb.
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