well.. after i watched the movie Mardi Gras MAde in China showed me issues that i already know about it but the same low wage problems are happing in South American
the countries from the First Wold take their companies to Ecuador Chile,Brazil, all thee small countries and treat the employees as slaves, General Motors For example has a Factory in Ecuador, now people that wants to apply for a for a job there have to be finished with high school and have college knowledge, and all these process takes to nowhere ending with 12-14 hours of work period and the salary in the same as regular employee hired from local factories, now the main problem in that General Motors is that they don't have regulations to protect the employee from all the chemist they use and the contamination in the air has no control what so ever.
my Father` friend used to work in General Motors for years and years and when he was ready to retired he found out the he had lung cancer because the company did not provide mask to protect his face. and when he when to ask for help to the company the coordinator told him that he was to be currently working in the company to receive full cover from the health insurance. now after spending his entire life in General motors he has to pay the half of price of all the medicine from a miserable retirement salary he gets from the government. thanks to his sons that work in the United States he is able to survive in Ecuador.. so REA LY SAD that the president don't force to create strong regulations to international companies that go to poor countries,,, it really makes me mad!!!!
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That makes me angry, too! It's a wonderful post connecting hte film to your experience - we didn't talk about it much, but there were environmental and health issues raised in the film as well. I agree that regulation of these companies by the US government would be the best solution.
ReplyDeleteBut, I meant to add, often the US government doesn't act unless they are pressured to do so.
ReplyDeleteGM, go to hell, produce funny cars while ask government to bail him out shamelessly...
ReplyDeleteYi Feng, I agree that GM has made some bad choices. But, in the past jobs at car factories were also a way for people to move into the middle class. So, part of what is happenning now is that regular workers are being punished for bad decisions that weren't theirs.
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