Does the fact that so many of our goods are made overseas in factories that don't treat or pay their workers well affect what you purchase?
2007-06-25 18:23:26 · 12 answers · asked by ? 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm getting the idea that some of you have no idea how bad some of these 'sweatshops' are. They would be illegal in the U.S. Can you say you would want to work there? (do unto others...)
2007-06-25 18:34:40 · update #1
Gorgeous: Walmart? oh man, don't even get me started!
2007-06-25 18:35:52 · update #2
I try to be selective in that way. I will never purchase Nike...seeing that lable makes me feel nauseous.
Does anyone some good websites on which company DO treat overseas workers well etc?
2007-06-25 18:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course I think about the labor conditions that produce consumer goods when purchasing. Unfortunately, for many categories of goods, there are no longer significant non-sweatshop options (particularly in the case of apparel) these days.
2007-07-03 14:32:40 · answer #2 · answered by snowbaal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know I wish I could say that it does because that would be the best thing to do.
Honestly, I don't know where the clothes I buy are made. I buy from catalogs, Goodwill, and Wal Mart. Oh and Kohls is another favorite. How much you want to bet the clothes in Wal Mart are made in a sweat shop?
Sorry my friend. Limited income here.
2007-06-26 01:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A few weeks I started thinking about that after watching a show about cheap labor in poor countries. It touched my heart, and so now I look at things and think that some poor kid is working 10 hours a day to earn $3 to 5 dollars a day to feed his family each day. I do get frustrated that some of us realize this things, yet we can do nothing about them.
2007-06-26 01:37:33 · answer #4 · answered by Winky62442 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow what a question. If I knew which companies were doing that I would stop using their products which would cause the people to lose their jobs. It's a catch 22. I know I try to buy made in USA when I can but it gets harder all the time.
2007-06-26 01:31:46 · answer #5 · answered by gabeymac♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I usually use the Platinum Visa Rule not the Golden Rule I haven't have Gold Cards in years they are all Platinum....
I buy made in the U.S.A. when possible because I like to support the U.S. worker and the U.S. economy..
2007-06-26 01:29:59 · answer #6 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess if they could make more money or get a better job they would, how about going over to that country and getting the workers better rights like Norma Ray did?
now that would be Nobel
2007-06-26 01:32:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would it be better to close the work place down?
They make money according to the cost of living.
Do you eat food ,the crop workers are payed next to nothing,.
They afre right here in America.<><
2007-06-26 01:28:11 · answer #8 · answered by funnana 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes,it should,especially when i see all the textile factories all closed here in the S.E.,..USA. We really were wearing blinders for a long time.Solutions?
2007-06-26 01:31:39 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's horrible... but i don't. I don't even look at where my stuff was made, most of the time.
Now, I feel bad..... :(
2007-06-26 01:28:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋