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Re:San Francisco university lays off IT workers, jobs head t... by pm90 on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @11:29AM (#13765100)
Many many many American business already source products from countries with dubious regulations, worker protections etc. The crusade against blood diamonds was only the most visible and successful effort against this. Just take a look at all the Textiles imported from Bangladesh, Seafood from Vietnam, Canned fruits/veggies/everything from Thailand...do you think workers in those countries have the same kind of worker protections as US workers?

I'm not trying to pass judgement here, simply trying to point out that a lot of what we take for granted is already built on the back of people working in bad conditions. (Not even starting to talk about Foxconn and stuff here...)

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Re:San Francisco university lays off IT workers, jobs head t... by BearGoesChirp on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @01:21PM (#13766597)
>Many many many American business already source products from countries with dubious regulations, worker protections etc.

That we as a society tolerate this is something I've wondered about for a long time. If I buy something cheap made by child labor, people just say I'm price savvy. If I use child labor, and not just the kid working for a little pocket money, people see me as a monster. Yet by funding it I support it comparable to engaging directly in the action.

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Re:San Francisco university lays off IT workers, jobs head t... by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @04:07PM (#13768347)
>I'm not trying to pass judgement here, simply trying to point out that a lot of what we take for granted is already built on the back of people working in bad conditions. (Not even starting to talk about Foxconn and stuff here...)

Yes, and for as long as this has been happening, there have been people saying we need to stop doing it. Why should our consumption support labor standards that exploit people and grind them down, rather than lifting them up?

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