What Are Some Pros & Cons To Insourcing Jobs To Indian Reservations Instead Of Outsourcing To Other Countries?
Posted by China Sourcing CommentatorSep 10
I have asked this question in other forums . . .Why can’t we insource, certain industry to people on reservations instead of sending jobs overseas?
1) Bank accounts, credit and personal information, in foreigners’ hands seems like a recipe for a homeland security disaster.
2) Create jobs in some of the poorest regions of the U.S.
3) Balance resources between indian nations & keep it economically strong in our homeland
4) Restore confidence in people both on & off the reservation.
5) Common language already spoken
6) hard-working and easily trainable work force set up quickly
7) nearness to markets/ less transportation cost/customs/taxes etc.
local investment
9) quality of life for all Americans
10) tax incentives for businesses working with sovereign nations
Can you you think of any other pros or cons?
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Do you want a factory in YOUR neighborhood? on YOUR ancestors grave?
Some rez are so far back into the hills they don’t even have power . A LOT of infrastructure would have to go in first, and that’s money they’ve never been willing to spend on US.
Now, if they let us BUY and put it in trust to put the factory on it, it could work. Even better idea letting us BUY an already built factory and turning it into trust land.
Almost forgot , We MIGHT make some money!
They’re already complaining about the casino’s!
“Can’t let them damn savages make money! they might just buy it back!”
Would be nice if rich companies, like the financial industries, would put some of that profit into community service…maybe (for those that do have electric) start some work at home programs for poor areas like reservations and provide employees with computers and satellite internet service if they don’t have the lines needed for regular internet.
Pro: more work available on the reservations would allow more people to stay on the reservation…..inturn allowing us to stay closer to our traditional culture and keep the Indian way of life alive for future generations. All while being able to maintain a lifestyle usually not affordable to those on the res.
As TwoCrows above said……wouldn’t be good to have a factory in your neighborhood. There would have to be a great deal of power given to the Tribe in deciding where and how the factories are established.
I would be all for giving the work to the reservations. The pros would be to have more for the American Indian than just casinos which although needed at this time are really a slap in the face for Indians. Even a sales outlet on the reservation would be good. The jobs that go over seas are often times associated with hazardous waste, child labor and so forth. The Indians are ready for some real industries that are unique to them. I’m for it and would like to see it happen. How about conservation and wildlife things that Indians know far more about because of their way of life? Teach the rest of us to live in peace with mother Earth and save the planet.
You hit on some very good ones and this is a great question, I would expand it to areas that are deemed as economically distressed as well as native american reservations.
One thing that holds this back is our entitlement systems, a lot of times we will find that the potential employee can be on an entitlement pay that is close to the wages that we pay for these type of jobs. Also the real reason that this work is outsourced in all honestly is cost. If we pay a higher fee than we can get it down in India or Mexico the companies will go there, I think that #10 on your list helps and is a great way to look at how we can address that. The native american population has a really bad reputation in the workforce and that in itself might be keeping some employers from going this route should there be incentives for them. I don’t have an opinion if the reputation is true or false so don’t jump on me, I’m just stating facts.
they speak English
cons: it could be seen as being racist; indian reservations fall under a completely different governing system of their own creation; certain union and benefit requirements would need to be upheld I think and this is not the case in foreign countries; there aren’t the number of people available on the reservations;
I lack knowledge about these people, but I look forward to speaking to an ‘Indian’ from my own country on a ‘call centre line’ instead of to an Indian from India, when I want to make a booking or, indeed, a reservation.
I have to agree with TwoCrows on this also…..People are already complaining about the casinos…(thinking we all own casino’s) and getting rich and we don’t all have casino’s!.and we are not rich!…yes some rez’s are very far from any populated cities and some do not have water even having to travel 4 miles just to get water……most cases if you go to a casino owned by a nation…most of the people working them are from other countries like Russia….people who are sent here to work….there was a major problem on Qualla when some of these so called workers…..were prostituting themselves…..and it brought more crime to the area……things have to change ….people who are non-Indian need to get educated and learn that alot of us still live in some of the poorest areas in the united states…….I for one would not want to see any buildings put on the graves of my ancestors…..and alot of these job opportunities are not good….there is a Pig Factory near Rosebud where they use the waste of pigs .,….with all that smell polluting the air and making those who have breathing problems have to suffer..,,but do they care?…Hell no all they care about is greed and how to make more money……this is what is done on the lands of Indians….I wont get started on what is going on Navajo lands but these are just examples
PS.I can agree with having non Hazardous materials …..I am PR (Pine Ridge) lakota also EBCI but know a lot of people on Rosebud….I do like your question….makes people think! you get star