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Sweatshops letter forecasted our 2008-09 economic crisis
How could anyone ignore sweatshops as a cause and effect of our global economic crisis?
The President of Fruit of the Loom said that even if he paid his U.S. workers nothing, the company could not compete with foreign competitors. How could our poltical leaders and financial communities ignore something like this?
Our political and financial leaders could have easily predicted our financial storms back in 1997 when the letter below was written. The example of Fruit of the Loom clearly torn at the fabric of our whole economy.
Published letter to the Universe Bulletin - April 4, 1997
By Ray Tapajna
This letter followed the Catholic Universe Bulletin article about the terrible conditions of textile workers.
On sweatshops
I am afraid the textile industry is not the only one that depends on sweatshop conditions.
We represented the last computer manufacturer who actually made computers in our country. Computers are now only assembled here by $5.50 an hour workers with parts coming from all the sweatshops of the world. Even software is now included with even the White House awarding a contract to the lowest bidder who was a company from India.
( President Clinton revamped the White House systems with workers who were paid a fraction of what American workers were paid. )
We can also do the same with almost every industry now with only a brand name left as a face to the customer. Everything else of the company like this no longer exist. ( I was surprised when I found that a top brand in the computer field had only a few contract sales agents left with the plant closed down in the USA with about 5,000 workers losing their jobs. )
I have been trying to get the story out for years with very little success with both parties backing NAFTA and GATT ( unfair trade agreements ). Both bills were passed in a fast track mode too - GATT was passed by a lameduck Congress which did not have to answer to the people. ( Both bills were passed outside the will of the people.)
If you just cover the one area in clothing goods, you may be doing injustice because this issue alone will hide all the rest.
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This letter easily predicted our economic mess .
Sweatshops letter forecasted our 2008-09 economic crisis
How could anyone ignore sweatshops as a cause and effect of our global economic crisis?
The President of Fruit of the Loom said that even if he paid his U.S. workers nothing, the company could not compete with foreign competitors. How could our poltical leaders and financial communities ignore something like this?
Our political and financial leaders could have easily predicted our financial storms back in 1997 when the letter below was written. The example of Fruit of the Loom clearly torn at the fabric of our whole economy.
Published letter to the Universe Bulletin - April 4, 1997
By Ray Tapajna
This letter followed the Catholic Universe Bulletin article about the terrible conditions of textile workers.
On sweatshops
I am afraid the textile industry is not the only one that depends on sweatshop conditions.
We represented the last computer manufacturer who actually made computers in our country. Computers are now only assembled here by $5.50 an hour workers with parts coming from all the sweatshops of the world. Even software is now included with even the White House awarding a contract to the lowest bidder who was a company from India.
( President Clinton revamped the White House systems with workers who were paid a fraction of what American workers were paid. )
We can also do the same with almost every industry now with only a brand name left as a face to the customer. Everything else of the company like this no longer exist. ( I was surprised when I found that a top brand in the computer field had only a few contract sales agents left with the plant closed down in the USA with about 5,000 workers losing their jobs. )
I have been trying to get the story out for years with very little success with both parties backing NAFTA and GATT ( unfair trade agreements ). Both bills were passed in a fast track mode too - GATT was passed by a lameduck Congress which did not have to answer to the people. ( Both bills were passed outside the will of the people.)
If you just cover the one area in clothing goods, you may be doing injustice because this issue alone will hide all the rest.
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This letter easily predicted our economic mess .
