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IDemo

(16,926 posts) Sun Oct 14, 2012, 10:07 AM Oct 2012

99 cents/hr., 12 hr. workdays, 7 days a week, no rights. "We have no life." [View all]

Who says rethugs have no plan for American jobs?

edit to add context: the above is from Charles Kernaghan, Executive Director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, discussing his findings of working conditions at Sensata in China.

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99 cents/hr., 12 hr. workdays, 7 days a week, no rights. "We have no life." [View all] IDemo Oct 2012 OP

Serf class JohnnyBoots Oct 2012 #1

k/r rsweets Oct 2012 #2

21st Century Feudalism CrispyQ Oct 2012 #3

K&R redqueen Oct 2012 #4

the united states was the same before the unions changed the country. madrchsod Oct 2012 #5

Human Rights report on the factory Romney swooned over in his 47% speech ProfessionalLeftist Oct 2012 #6

How is the hourly wage calculated? hfojvt Oct 2012 #7

I don't know whether the concepts of 40 hour weeks or overtime exist in China IDemo Oct 2012 #10

No overtime pay tarheelsunc Oct 2012 #12

oh, I am not saying that they have it hfojvt Oct 2012 #13

Do you have a link? Because really, this should be publicized as Mitt Romney's job plan magical thyme Oct 2012 #8

Go to the 3:24 time mark of this video -> IDemo Oct 2012 #9

Here's a link: Z_I_Peevey Oct 2012 #16

To provide a bit of perspective here tarheelsunc Oct 2012 #11

kr HiPointDem Oct 2012 #14

When you keep people that busy just trying to survive Matariki Oct 2012 #15