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« on: January 03, 2014, 10:57:02 PM »

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/cambodian-police-open-fire-on-garment-worker-protesters/article16193757/

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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2014, 10:16:02 AM »

But I thought sweatshops were a good thing!
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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2014, 11:32:45 AM »

But I thought sweatshops were a good thing!

Only if the peons are willing to sweat in them.  Sometimes they just need to be 'lead' in the proper direction.
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« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2014, 05:00:56 AM »

Well this is quite clearly the natural consequence of unions pushing wages above their market levels.
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« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2014, 01:06:33 PM »

This is more about rising opposition  power than anything else.
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« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2014, 01:41:00 PM »

Well this is quite clearly the natural consequence of unions pushing wages above their market levels.

Right. If we paid them more than 12 cents a day, the job creators would lose incentive from being multi-millionaires instead of billionaires.
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