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2000-05-12 Thread Jim Devine
I agree with Micheal. Workers earning their livings in sweatshops do not even get a living wage. Let's not make the situation look better. Particulary, women workers are more vulnerable to exploitation in this process.It is true that most of the women in this part of the world come to cities

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2000-05-11 Thread Brad De Long
I agree with Micheal. Workers earning their livings in sweatshops do not even get a living wage. Let's not make the situation look better. Particulary, women workers are more vulnerable to exploitation in this process.It is true that most of the women in this part of the world come to cities to

Clarification about African trade

2000-05-08 Thread Michael Perelman
Brad De Long wrote: BULLSHIT!!! Jim should not have made such a direct accusation and you should be a bit more moderate in your response. Michael Perelman said that he was opposed to AGOA because capital was internationally mobile--hence the beneficiaries from AGOA are not (African)

Re: Re: Clarification about African trade

2000-05-08 Thread Michael Perelman
All the reports that I get indicate that the sweatshop workers do not get a living wage. Their money wage may be greater than their parents, but their parents had access to the food production and the light that was not priced on the market. So the money wage is misleading. Brad De Long wrote:

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2000-05-08 Thread Doug Henwood
Michael Perelman wrote: All the reports that I get indicate that the sweatshop workers do not get a living wage. Their money wage may be greater than their parents, but their parents had access to the food production and the light that was not priced on the market. So the money wage is

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2000-05-08 Thread Michael Perelman
Doug, what you say bears some resemblance to the reports that people gave about the girls who worked in the Lowell textile mills. They were younger, single and had no responsibilities. The horror stories that I hear relate to the young girls that have responsibilities, especially children.

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2000-05-08 Thread md7148
I agree with Micheal. Workers earning their livings in sweatshops do not even get a living wage. Let's not make the situation look better. Particulary, women workers are more vulnerable to exploitation in this process.It is true that most of the women in this part of the world come to cities to

Clarification about African trade (fwd)

2000-05-08 Thread md7148
Here it is! did the "wire service reporter" interview with women beaten by Nike capitalists? Thanks for posting this significant information.. Mine The Denver Post, April 8, 1998 BUSINESS ANYTHING BUT USUAL FOR NIKE IN VIETNAM CRITICISM INTENSIFIES OVER LOW PAY AND TREATMENT OF FACTORY