She didn't care what happened to them, so long as there was a steady supply of them at cheap wages.

If goods get cheaper wages fall due to lower profits.

US and UK companies have moved production to China in search of those cheap wages.

They experienced a sharp decline due to obsolete plants and the lure of cheaper wages in the South.

They would boast about the county's cheap wages and lack of unions.

Their "bottom-line decision" is based on cheaper wages, taxes and real estate.

Returning veterans find scabs working for cheaper wages in the factories and mines they worked at before going away to fight.

In other areas, some companies relocated to regions with cheaper wages.

"They're just looking for a place with cheap wages," he said.

American unions have resisted this, arguing in part that it is difficult for American laborers to compete with the cheap wages abroad.