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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The alvery analogy I used was not meant to impy that I thought Chinese workers were slaves.

It was just an analogy to indicate that even though the workers might say things are better than they were before, that doesn't mean much if "before" was really crappy, and now is just a little bit crappy.

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Do you buy fruit and vegetables at the grocery story?  Most of those who work on these US farms are migrant workers, some children as young as 6 yrs old picking berries, but I'm willing to bet you buy and consume blueberries, etc.  Why aren't you ranting against child labor and the conditions of migrant parents living in shacks? 
Too many PP's with a double standard on this thread.  
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Why do you assume there is a double standard?  I only buy fruits and vegetables from a CSA.

And I am not "ranting".   Just making a point.  The fact that standards are improving, somewhat, for Chinese laborers and factory workers, and for their human rights (free speech, etc) a little bit, doesn't mean that thing are peachy there.

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/04/15/240915/Microsoft-supplier-in-China-has-39sweatshop-conditions39.htm

[quote]A Microsoft supplier in China is forcing teenagers to work 15-hour shifts in "sweatshop conditions", according to a report by the National Labor Committee (NLC).

A three-year investigation of the KYE factory in Dongguan, China, produced pictures of exhausted teenagers "seen slumping over asleep on their assembly line during break time". Microsoft says it has launched an investigation into the conditions.

The factory employs up to 1,000 students aged around 16 or 17 who work 15-hour shifts, six or seven days a week. They make webcams, mice and other computer peripherals for Microsoft and other US companies.

The factory pays workers 65 cents an hour, which falls to 52 cents an hour after deductions for factory food. They work between 68 and 80 hours a week. The NLC says management controls "every second" of the workers' lives, and the pace is gruelling, with a mandatory target of producing 2,000 mice per shift.[/quote]

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Why don't you adopt a Chinese worker and pay them minimum wage from your pocket.  If you did this them I might believe  your declared altruism.  How do you know that CSA products aren't harvested by migrant workers?  You don't.  Prove that all CSA seasonal employees are paid minimum wage, have health benefits, enough to eat, especially in winter, and live in decent housing.  Can't do it, can you.[/quote]

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