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:

Re: Re: Re: Clarification about African trade

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 misl

Re: Re: Re: Re: Clarification about African trade

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. This

Re: Re: Re: Clarification about African trade (fwd)

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 f

Re: Re: Re: Re: Clarification about African trade(fwd)

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

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Clarification about African trade (fwd)

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 >>