"Amazon should be ashamed that they pay their worker so little that they have to camp out in the dead of winter to make ends meet"
Again, no one is forcing these workers to take these jobs, i am sure Amaozn makes them aware of their wages before they start.
"the least they should do is pay the proper living wage"
This is the real issue at hand, the fact that they do not pay what Rennie belives is a proper living wage.
"One worker, who did not wish to be named, was reluctant to speak to The Courier but did describe the firm as a "poor employer" and criticised working conditions at the Fife site"
This is the only real first hand account of the feelings of the workers and it is by an unamed person who gives with a general didain for his job. It is a temp job at a warhouse at peak season, it is not expected to be an enjoyable job.
"He had opted to stay in a tent as it was easier and cheaper than commuting for his home in Perth"
I think this shows his living situation as a choice, there is no rule stating they have to pay them "livable wages" and no one is forcing them to work a job that is that far from their home in the first palce.
31 years ago, Shenzhen was a small town
This shows how quickly the technology boom there happened, warehouse companies turned a small town, into a bombing buisness with more people than NYC in only 31 years. It really puts the entire thing into context and gives a name to a thing what, as they said, is always overgeneralized by just "China".
silver poison sky
Just a highlight of what companies are duing to our earth with the endless amount of waste coming from their sweatshops.
until I saw those pictures, it was only then I realized, I had never thought, ever, in a dedicated way, about how they were made.
This hits close to home because I have never really put much thought into where these products are really made. It is not until we are forced that we see the consumerism, he is so in love with technology but he never thought about who was really making it.
Miners can start with this false debt and then spend ten to fifteen years as a slave to the boss.
I think this highlight how the system is created to keep you in the same place forever, as soon as you make money you have double the debt to pay. It just gets to the point that they give up.
us
important as since it is our fault, it is also on us to make a change.
If slavery were an American state it would have the population of California and the economic output of the District of Columbia, but it would be the world’s third-largest producer of CO2
I thought this was a really interesting way to put the impact of this labor in perspective. It not only shows the amount of innocent lives effected but also, the lack of money they recived from the deal AND its effect on the world.
watching
made me think back to the game we played this week and the way that we had to insure the children never had a break. Made the game seems much more like reality.
granite is so cheap—the quarries themselves are illegal, paying no mining permits or taxes.
I think this is important to note, is shows just some of the goverment awareness, someone is reciving money for letting the lack of proper documentation go by.