Re: EVENT: Join "Make Poverty History" riders to Edinburgh, Fri 1 July 2005

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From: Peter Clinch
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:13

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Steven Hill wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:

>>If Western companies offered Western levels of employee rights in the
>>third world, I would find your point a lot more compelling.  What they
>>actually do, in many cases, is exploit cheap labour.

> But if the cost of living and production is lower over there, then they
> can have a higher standard of living for less money in our terms.

I note that Guy specifically said "employee rights", not absolute pay in 
dollars or Euros

> This claptrap about evil capitalism exploiting the worker is wearing a
> little thin.  There is nothing remotely like western employement rights
> there now, but that is not so say they will not be attained in time
> through development.

Where "development" is "stopping people getting away with it".

Pete.
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