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lalalu

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22. These same countries and their workers called

Sun Nov 25, 2012, 09:41 PM

Nov 2012

Americans lazy , stupid, and too concerned with labor laws and the environment. This is how they sold themselves to get outsourced jobs. Come to our countries they said and we won't bother you with trivial matters.

Unfortunately they are learning the hard way that what American labor and environmentalists fought corporations over were not trivial matters. It is also why there is growing social unrest in many of these countries. They are finding out just how brutal corporations can be.

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Confirmed- 124 dead in Wal-Mart supplier factory fire [View all] James48 Nov 2012 OP

Jeez, I hope the factory owner Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #1

It won't matter. lalalu Nov 2012 #27

There are many Indian customs we ought to consider adopting. Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #58

Ross Perot warned about this and was laughed at for pointing out boston bean Nov 2012 #2

Clinton may have signed it ... but zbdent Nov 2012 #3

Clinton fought for NAFTA twice as hard as he ever fought for healthcare. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #18

With Krugman's blessing, of course. joshcryer Nov 2012 #25

Why did Krugman think that? Ken Burch Nov 2012 #30

It was thought of as a nice bit of internationalism. joshcryer Nov 2012 #34

Thanks for the background on that. n/t. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #36

I am glad someone else is posting this. lalalu Nov 2012 #41

Yes. Yes, he did. We knew Ross Perot was right, but let's say why we trusted Clinton more... ancianita Nov 2012 #45

Not true.. pipoman Nov 2012 #29

I knew then that we were doomed, the Social Contract was gone. Though the 80% figure seems a little ancianita Nov 2012 #46

+1,000 freshwest Nov 2012 #12

NAFTA should be revisited. Got to push for it though. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #16

the stroke of Obama's pen could get rid of Nafta, mrf901 Nov 2012 #48

One lesson is clear from the last 4 years, we have to make him. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #66

Let's hope it wasn't some crazy violent anarchist piggybacking off the strikes of Walmart graham4anything Nov 2012 #4

Huh? Where did you get that absurd notion? chollybocker Nov 2012 #8

the article says the cause is unknown, and i get suspicion when there are 'coincidences" graham4anything Nov 2012 #10

Right but Bangladesh factories experience such fires regularly. antigone382 Nov 2012 #14

You have got to be kidding. tabasco Nov 2012 #20

This is Common in places like Bangladesh where they don't have the evil government JI7 Nov 2012 #44

Such a sad troubled country, because of global climate change. patrice Nov 2012 #5

Global Climate Change? Dr. Emmett Brown Nov 2012 #33

Rising sea level, they're in the Ganghes-Brahmaputra River delta LeftInTX Nov 2012 #38

Ha, ha, you're funny, but sissy is too tired to play your game. Do your own reading. & . . . patrice Nov 2012 #39

Funny? Arguing? Dr. Emmett Brown Nov 2012 #60

You're absolutely right. This isn't fatalism here. This is a refusal of those with money to value ancianita Nov 2012 #47

So sad! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #6

They never had a chance lunatica Nov 2012 #7

Agreed. freshwest Nov 2012 #15

Hamlet fire in NC just 21 years ago bluemarkers Nov 2012 #9

+1,000 to what you said. freshwest Nov 2012 #13

How awful LeftInTX Nov 2012 #43

I long for the days when we made our own stuff, but NO ONE deserves DainBramaged Nov 2012 #11

Agree get the red out Nov 2012 #61

+1 Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #64

Prime example of why company JB126 Nov 2012 #17

Shades of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Hello Unions..... glinda Nov 2012 #19

"Wal-mart, JC Penney�s, the Gap, Levi Strauss, Kohl�s, Zara, H & M, and others" pinto Nov 2012 #21

This factory was WalMart and KiK in Eurpoe supplier.... Evasporque Nov 2012 #57

These same countries and their workers called lalalu Nov 2012 #22

I hope loyalkydem Nov 2012 #23

sucks. eff walmart. nt limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #24

I want to invent an open source automatic sewing machine. joshcryer Nov 2012 #26

Amen. ancianita Nov 2012 #49

It may not be the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, Beacool Nov 2012 #28

THIS is why "free trade" that is not FAIR trade is horrible Warpy Nov 2012 #31

And as i posted donnasgirl Nov 2012 #32

Breaking- WAL-MART knew! James48 Nov 2012 #35

Heh, normally it's red, yellow, green. They had to have orange... joshcryer Nov 2012 #37

NAFTA gave us the SHAFTA... lib2DaBone Nov 2012 #40

History repeats itself. northoftheborder Nov 2012 #42

I hope that like the Triangle Fire a century ago that this marks a turning point Hekate Nov 2012 #50

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Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #52

I'm union, too. It takes all kinds to make a country. Don't piss on others here. ancianita Nov 2012 #53

The only made in USA clothes I can find lbrtbell Nov 2012 #54

Labor standards reteachinwi Nov 2012 #55

Will they learn like we did after the Triangle Waist Shirt Fire? Javaman Nov 2012 #56

Are there fire codes in Bangladesh? slackmaster Nov 2012 #59

If there are, they are obviously enforced badly. Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #62

I agree with that, Nye Bevan. If health and safety standards don't meet some minimum standard, slackmaster Nov 2012 #63

How do you say "Triangle Shirtwaist Factory" in Bengali? KamaAina Nov 2012 #65