INDIANAPOLIS -- When Carrier announced that it was relocating 1,400 jobs from Indianapolis to Monterrey, Mexico, the president of HVAC Systems and Services North America said the move would allow the company to operate more cost effectively.
But just how much could the company save? We did a little number crunching with information from the president of United Steelworkers 1999.
He says Indianapolis employees make about $34 per hour with salary and benefits, while workers in Mexico will make an average of $6 per hour with salary and benefits.
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If you do the math, that is $30 per worker per hour of savings and $1,120 in savings per worker per week, which equals $58,240 in savings per year. If you multiply that total by the 1,400 workers in Indianapolis who will no longer be employed by Carrier, that's an estimated $81 million in savings per year.
However, Call 6 Investigates has learned that the business will actually save up to $10 million with salaries, benefits and retirement tied to Indianapolis employees. They could also save money because two of their Monterrey plants are energy efficient.
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