Labor cost: eleven cents - Sweatshirt cost: $22.95

[vox]

I found this article (http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/sources/tiersmonde/zones_franches__labor.htm) a while ago. Anyone interested in the issue of sweatshop labor, by which capitalists increase their profits at the expense of workers, should read it. I found it very enlightening, and the justification by the bourgeois spokesperson near the end is absolutely horrific.

vox

[Michael De Panama]

...Like Nike can't afford to take the billions of dollars they shove into Michael Jordon's hands to endorse their shoes and put it into the hands of the workers who actually make the shoes.

[vox]

Nope, that would lead to layoffs. Higher wages are bad for workers. I'm afraid you'll never be a corporate spokesperson, MDP.

vox

[Lefty]

wow, a vox post that didnt take me an hour to read :-P

i think that nike and adidas are worthless... but how can i support higher wages for the workers?

[Pinko]

Read NoLogo by Naomi Kleine if you want to be exposed to the full horros of sweatshop labour (and corporate business in general). It contains interesting stories like enforced birth control and abortion (pregnant workers are not as productive), the killing of people that try to organise unions.

This is the official website:http://nologo.org/.
Sick, sick world.

(Edited by Pinko at 2:58 am on Aug. 30, 2002)

[I Bow 4 Che]

Quote: from Pinko on 2:56 am on Aug. 30, 2002
It contains interesting stories like enforced birth control and abortion (pregnant workers are not as productive), the killing of people that try to organise unions.


that is just plain disgusting...the world really is as bad as I exagerated it to be...muahahha not an exageration anymore. I seriously need to think about how long I want to be a part of this *shakes head*

[ovrproofmentalz]

if people stopped buying these products it could happen.... but it won't because these shoes are status symbols of society.... many people who never do atheletics own $200 - $300 running shoes... while the kid on the other side of the world gets 11 cents and needles through his hands....

[Ian]

That is screwed. Bring on the Revolution so this shit stops.

[timbaly]

Where are most of the Nike factories?
I've heard they are in China but should the gov't step in and stop Nike from taking advantage of them in a communist country

[man in the red suit]

I feel bad for the Cambodians. 19 cents an hour aint a way to make a living.

[Anonymous]

So join a local anti-sweatshop organisation