Monday, May 14, 2012

How Did They Get There?



Workers’ rights are being abused and not respected, because most of them are blindly lead into unfair working conditions. This problem has been around throughout history. People have taken advantage of others by influencing them with religion, safety and goods (example food items).


Some “Root Causes” for poor working conditions are:

  • Workers not being aware of their rights and employees not training or trained well enough
  • Uneducated workers and children who start at a young age
  • Has done the job for a generation because there is no way out
  • Having huge companies move in smaller communities and pushing home grown business out
  • Cheaper products being sold to customers and other companies around the world
  • An unequal trade agreement between “common people”
  • Products being made cheaper and sold for more without the assembly line profiting
  • Corrupt or “Weak” government system
  • Consumers wanting products at a cheaper price but not understanding how it was processed (which give companies a loop hole)
  • Wasting materials instead of reusing
  • Unsanitary workplace/environment
  • Forced labor (family debt, live in poverty, pressure)
  • Discrimination (lower cast members, skin color, religion and environment)
  • “Pushed child labor” (having children going in for other family members and/or being allowed to work under harsh conditions because there is no law set in place for workers






7 comments:

  1. Hi Shariya,

    Wow! I didn't know some of the items you listed contributed to the violation of workers' rights. I am curious, though, as to how some of these causes affect workers. Perhaps you can develop this in a further post. Also, when you say "common people" ("an unequal trade agreement between 'common people'"), who are these parties? I look forward to seeing some of the possible solutions to this issue as well.

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    1. Thanks for the comment and yes i was surprised when i had found these points when i was doing my research as well. I will also be expanding on a later post. But to answer your question about who are the conman people. They are the factory owners, mangers,sales persons, security workers, and workers within the company that support the poor working environment. This is also a chain and or cycle that has not been broken to often because it is so strong.

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  2. Hello Shariya,

    I believe I understand most of what you are trying to say. Perhaps you can elaborate on what is considered a "weak" government and how corporate lobbyists have to do with worker rights issues. I look forward to your further posts.

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  3. I am looking forward to reading specific examples in the world about the issues you refer to. I guess at this point you are giving us some general background and principles.

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    1. Thanks and yes i wanted to give a general view rather than an opinion, i will also be expanding in detail on a later post.

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  4. After reading this post, I've learned about so many violations that I didn't know existed. However, I think it would be interesting to see how conditions like these affect the workers personally and how they feel about their rights. I enjoy the amount of information you include in your posts!

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  5. I will try including the conditions of how workers are affected personally and what they feel at a later post . And Thank you

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