I wonder if she is "made in the u.s.a." or if she's made using more efficient and cost-effective offshore labor.

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more rational raised an eyebrow with:

"I wonder if she is "made in the u.s.a." or if she's made using more efficient and cost-effective offshore labor."

More efficient and cost effective? You're not saying that sweatshop hellholes are A-OK, are you?

*In Bangladesh, young women are forced to work from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., seven days a week, sewing clothing for Wal-Mart, earning just 9 to 20 cents n hour. By law, in the export processing zone the workers

have no right to organize.

*Women in El Salvador are paid just 3 cents for every .99 Yale University t-shirt they sew. The women are fired if they become pregnant, refuse to to work overtime or are even suspected of trying to organize.

*In Burma- one of the most vicious military dictatorships in the world - clothing is sewn for London Fog, Karl Kani, Bradlees, Sports Authority (including official New York Yankees jerseys) and others by workers paid 4 cents an hour, for the entire month. If the workers dare question or challenge factory conditions, they will be arrested

or tortured.

*GAP clothing is being sewn in Eastern Russia in South Korean-owned factories employing temporary migrant workers from China who are paid 11 cents an hour for forced 12-hour shift.

*Tele-tubbies - the best selling toy in the U.S.- are made in China by young women forced to work 18 hours a day, from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., seven days a week. They are allowed four hours of sleep a night

and receive a half day off each month. They are paid 13 cents an hour, earning .42 for the entire 112 hour work week.

*In December 1998, Phillips Van Heusen shut down the only unionized apparel factory in Guatemala and sourced out the work to sweatshops paying 37 cents an hour for forced 12- to 14-hour shifts. At the same

time, PVH CEO Bruce Klatsky gave himself a 0,000 holiday bonus while having the company pay ,000 for his childrens college tuition.

*Women in El Salvador are paid 20 cents for every Nike sirt they sew. In another factory, the workers earn 74 cents to sew 8 Liz Claiborne jackets. The women are fired if they try to learn or defend their rights.

*In the U.S. territory of Saipan, migrant workers from China toiling under conditions of indentured servitude sew clothing 12 to 14 hours a day, earning .00 an hour, for Wal-Mart. If the women become pregnant, fail to reach their high daily production quota, complain about the harsh working or living conditions or become

involved in political activities or organizing, they will be

immediately fired and deported back to China.

*Young workers in China, behind 15-foot-high walls topped with barbed-wire, assemble Keds sneakers applying toxic glues with their bare hands, their only tool is a toothbrush. At the end of the day, they must leave the factory in single file, as if they were children.

*21,000 workers in Northern China assemble Nike sneakers for 23 cents an hour, working 10- to 15-hour shifts.

*Kathie Lee pocketbooks are being made in China by workers forced to work 10-hour shifts, seven days a week for 12 ½ cents an hour. Wal-Mart uses 1,000 factories in China alone, and no one is watching.

THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION OPPOSES ANY LINK BETWEEN GLOBAL TRADE AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

Today, there is not one single multinational corporation

that is willing to even sit down at the table to discuss conditioning trade upon respect for human and worker rights and environmental protections.

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