Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Does Sweatshop Labor Affect the U.S. Worker?
From what i can see and notice it almost seems like sweatshop labor does not have a huge impact on U.S. workers. I can only see the affect it has on prices on goods and consumers in america because we all know that it is not costing all those workers in developing countries 50 and 70 dollars to make shoes,shirts,jeans, etc. Yet, when it gets to america the price is jacked up beyond belief. Theres always the idea that you could just stop contributing to sweatshop labor by trying to buy goods that are only made in the U.S. and Europe. Which is not a bad idea because if you think about it you may end up spending more money on say jeans or a nice pair of sunglasses but the quality is so much better which means it will last longer saving you money in the long term. I think america should try and make better goods more readily available to consumers and possibly think about lowering prices a little.
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I agree with you. Not only we can get better quality but there will be less waste on poor quality goods. I think there should be some goods made in developing countries and some in the U.S. We shouldn't rely on sweatshops for all our goods.
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ReplyDeleteI have a question, what about all those production and manufacturing jobs that the U.S used to have, the cheap labor costs in other countries triggered the job shift or the "outsourcing" to happen in the U.S, you don't think that affect the U.S workers? or i should say the opportunity to move the "unskilled-jobs" in the U.S were made by the companies to move those jobs overseas for the sweatshops to be exploited, so that the companies can make more profit, doesn't that leaving the U.S workers jobless, isn't that affecting the U.S workers?
If you have solution for all this besides buying "American", i mean the U.S products, specially the cheap ones are as bad as cheap products from overseas(textbook pages 126-129), what can we do about it then?
Personally, I think sweatshops have a big impact on US workers. Because of sweatshops , many US worker had to face unemployment. Is true sometimes goods that are being produce in US and Europe have descent quality. But today, many products we use daily are made overseas from sweatshops. They are able to produce goods with comparable quality, if they are able to lower goods that are made in US than it would be a different story.
ReplyDeleteI would have to disagree with the fact that outsourcing doesn't affect the US worker. For the reason being that those jobs once were here for Americans. All the union jobs that are now gone. There are many Americans that have had to change their career, move or just be unemployed because of large companies moving their operations over seas. I wouldn't be surprised if our unemployment rate right now is not only because we are in a downturn in the economy, but also because of the corporations wanting to get larger profits and outsourcing.
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