Most Fascinating Sub-Headline of the Week

(Of course, that judgment will depend on what fascinates you.)

From the Front Page of today's New York Times (print edition):

China Drafts Law to Empower Unions and End Labor Abuse

with this sub-head:

Opposition Voiced by U.S. and Other Corporations (emphasis supplied)

I knew that we're heading toward the corporate state, but I didn't realize that we had got there quite yet.

Seriously, wouldn't you think that American companies would be happy to have China take steps that will make the United States more competitive, if only by raising the cost of Chinese goods? It is a sign of globalization--or perhaps mere shortshightedness--that US companies think first of the cost of getting all the things we import even as our manufacturing sector diminishes.

Another interesting comment in the article was this, "The proposed law is being debated after Wal-Mart Stores, the world’s biggest retailer, was forced to accept unions in its Chinese outlets."
Unions for Wal-Mart in China, but not in the US. What does that tell you. (Yes, I realize that Chinese unions--government-controlled--are hardly the AFL-CIO, but still.)