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Now, if Walmart's policies say they will not buy from companies which don't do X, Y, and Z but they ignored their own written policy to make some extra money then they're wrong and get hammered both in the market place and in court if it violated any law or they got a benefit under the law which they didn't deserve.
Now, if Walmart's policies say they will not buy from companies which don't do X, Y, and Z but they ignored their own written policy to make some extra money then they're wrong and get hammered both in the market place and in court if it violated any law or they got a benefit under the law which they didn't deserve.
Which court, which law, which country ?
Who runs the factory, who is responsible for worker safety ?
Factories paid $1.00-2.00 a week ( equivelent of about $1,1823 a year, in 2012 ). The working class lived side by side with other families in tiny tenement apartments. Children were expected to work and their wages helped feed the family. 12-19 hour days/6 days a week were the norm. Workers routinely died on the job. Disease was rampant. The working class barely had enough to eat. Life expectancy was less than 50 years.
Looking at some historic figures to gain some perspective for 1911:
The factory normally employed about 500 workers, mostly young immigrant women, who worked nine hours a day on weekdays plus seven hours on Saturdays,[8] earning between $7 and $12 a week.[5]
At $7 Dollars a Week = $364 Dollars a year
At $12 Dollars a Week = 624 Dollars a year
Average car cost 1,130 Brand New in 1911
Average car cost 30,000 in 2012
Chinese makes $200 a month * 12 months = $2400 a year / Average Brand New Car Cost 30,000
1911 American Factory Worker makes $624 a year / Average Brand New Car Cost 1,130
The American was better off in 1911 than the Chinese is today.
Safety Hazards were definitely an issue in 1911, but that still does not take away the fact that the American was paid better in 1911 in accordance with the Market, than the Chinese are of today for others to exploit from.
and if they met safety requirements the price of Walmart goods would escalate and they would no longer do business with them.
Walmart isn't overseas to save the world, it's about profits derived from cheap labor and poor working conditions.
Let me see if I have this right ----you actually support poor working conditions overseas?
You would rather young women who work in those sweat shops risk their lives or DIE so that you can pay $1 less on a shirt? If you're that poor, I would suggest shopping in thrift stores, there are lots of good deals.
Oh it just might be different. Walmart has the clout to ask mfg to modify their products to Walmart specifications and those name brand products are only sold at Walmart.
Yep, Walmart has been involved in some pretty cutthroat practices with their suppliers where it is their way or the highway.
Oh it just might be different. Walmart has the clout to ask mfg to modify their products to Walmart specifications and those name brand products are only sold at Walmart.
That is true,..but the fire referenced in this thread singles out Walmart, but the OP doesn't mention the fact that Sears and Disney items were also found at the site. Large retailers, like the ones mentioned, use suppliers to provide products to their specifications. As in these cases, the suppliers were located on both coasts, and the companies had already terminated direct relationship with the manufacturer.
The factory normally employed about 500 workers, mostly young immigrant women, who worked nine hours a day on weekdays plus seven hours on Saturdays,[8] earning between $7 and $12 a week.[5]
At $7 Dollars a Week = $364 Dollars a year
At $12 Dollars a Week = 624 Dollars a year
Average car cost 1,130 Brand New in 1911
Average car cost 30,000 in 2012
Chinese makes $200 a month * 12 months = $2400 a year / Average Brand New Car Cost 30,000
1911 American Factory Worker makes $624 a year / Average Brand New Car Cost 1,130
The American was better off in 1911 than the Chinese is today.
Safety Hazards were definitely an issue in 1911, but that still does not take away the fact that the American was paid better in 1911 in accordance with the Market, than the Chinese are of today for others to exploit from.
So you give us the average Chinese salary in USD but a US made car in USD and call that a comparison ?
The average price of a new car in China is about 70K RMB which is just a little over $11K USD.
So, it looks like when I want to install new shingles on my roof, I must first make sure the shingle company warehouse has operating toilets, enough fire extinguishers and if they don't I should pay to fix the toilets and buy fire extinguishers before I hire them to install shingles on my roof. OR is it the responsibility of the city/county inspectors and the shingle company to comply with the law.
Fair enough.
That is still however, a 4X multiple of their yearly wages compared to the American in 1911 at that Shirt Factory needing 2 years of wages to match the price of a car.
I don't want to do the work of the globalists however in comparing the differences between countries, but as long as people are taking advantage of others, I will point them out and call them out on it as well.
I'd like to see the Globalist Movers have their income drop from their exploitation as well, but I wont hold my breath.
The Bangladesh garment workers, primarily women, work 10 to 16 hours a day, six days a week, and make about $38 a month. They are supposedly the lowest paid in the world for this type of work. Even the Chinese are turning to Bangladesh for garment manufacturing. It makes me feel sick to read about how these workers are exploited.
Also workers who were injured in the recent garment factory fire "are struggling to pay for their treatment as neither the government, nor the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporter’s Association (BGMEA), nor factory owners have come forward to help them.”
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