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Foxconn creates another 35,000 jobs to produce iPads for America (Original Post) Zalatix May 2012 OP
Living wage tariffs... JCMach1 May 2012 #1
That's the point, we also need to push for better conditions for workers overseas. Zalatix May 2012 #2

JCMach1

(27,555 posts)
1. Living wage tariffs...
Tue May 22, 2012, 09:24 AM
May 2012

If American companies operating abroad don't pay according to say average wage for such work in America subtracting some percentage, then the tariff would be slapped on.

Watch how attractive America becomes again once you can't use slave labor to produce your products.

I even have a name for it: "The International Workers Protection Act"...

Because corporations can operate across borders without impunity, governments have to begin standing-up for themselves, their workers, and 'yes' even the mistreated workers in those other countries.

 

Zalatix

(8,994 posts)
2. That's the point, we also need to push for better conditions for workers overseas.
Tue May 22, 2012, 09:43 AM
May 2012

That should be a condition for any type of trade, period.

The WTO is a failure for many reasons, but their failure to push this, is the most critical reason why they're a useless organization.

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