----- Original Message ----- From: "Selma Singer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Darryl and Natalia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Karen Watters Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Fw: Bigger Than Watergate!
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Darryl and Natalia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Karen Watters Cole" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Selma Singer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 9:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Fw: Bigger Than Watergate! > > > Harry quotes Natalia about third world workers > > > NATALIA: "Indonesian and Asian workers, including children, who work for > > Nike earn 40 pence for every L100 sold of product. Some locations in those > > countries get as little as 72 pence a day, shifts 24 hours or longer, to > > work Nike, Adidas, Puma, Reebok, and live in disease-infested slums for > the > > privilege. In N. India, children hand stitch Mitre footballs for 14 pence > > per ball." > > And then Harry asks > > > > HARRY: Why do they accept such terrible conditions All they need do is say > > "A pox on you" and work for better wages elsewhere. > > > > > Selma asks > > Harry, are you truly ignorant of the fact that these people are generally > starving and without any resources whatsoever with which to move or get any > other work? How is it that you don't understand that the corporations take > advantage of that? > > I am so confused by the kind of question you asked above. The alternative > for these people is to starve to death. That is the excuse these > corporations use to say that they are really 'helping them' to 'raise their > standard of living'. How is it that you do not know that? > > Selma > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
