Reply #51: What is dishonest...

[athebea]

... is your refusal to acknowledge a fundamental clash of interests.

We live in a global glut of labor. We live in a planet full of people who will do our jobs for less. It is all well and good to talk about 'holding many employers to this standard' but thinking we are going to police the labor standards of foreign countries is naive. It ain't gonna happen. Most of the world is just plain at the 1900 company town, company police, paid in scrip at the company store, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory level of workers rights and safety standards.

It's an either-or. Given a global labor glut its not a win-win. You can protect the jobs and livelihoods of American workers or you can 'compassionately' give away their jobs and livelihoods to save the world.