Years after activists accused Nike and other Western brands of running Third World sweatshops, the issue has taken a surprising turn.Check out the whole story here.
The path of discovery winds from coastal factory floors far into China's interior, past women knee-deep in streams pounding laundry. It continues down a dusty village lane to a startling sight: arrays of gleaming three-story houses with balconies, balustrades and even Greek columns rising from rice paddies.
It turns out that factory workers -- not the activists labeled "preachy" by one expert, and not the Nike executives so wounded by criticism -- get the last laugh. Villagers who "went out," as Chinese say, for what critics described as dead-end manufacturing jobs are sending money back and returning with savings, building houses and starting businesses.
3.11.2010
The Thing about Sweatshops
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So are you denying that sweatsops exist, or are you, like Blackadder, one of those sweatshop defenders?
Why am I necessarily doing either of those things? I thought it was an interesting story.
I certainly don't deny they exist, and I think the conditions that some people work in are utterly deplorable.
Good to hear.
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