Life on the Global Assembly Line

One can tell from the very beginning that this article is slanted.  The author is a self prolaimed feminist and it shows throughout the article.  I like the fact that this essay is supported by facts and has commentary from actual women experiencing this event.  I do not really know what to say.  The United States, as well as other powerful nations, are looking for cheap labor and they can find it in the Third World countries.  Many people are happy to be able to work and make some pocket change while others are crying “human rights violations” all over the place.  None of us really know what the working conditions in these countries are like.  In my opinion, if we give them a plae to work, at least make it sanitary.  These people are finally making money; I am sure they would like to be alive to spend some of it.  I do not know what is the correct thing to do.  If they are paid the same minimum wage as people in the U.S. it would not exactly be cheap labor now would it?  On the other hand, the least we could do is make sure the factories are healthy and clean for the employees.  My suggestion is that we go straight to the people and a vote be conducted to determine whether these employees are really as unhappy as we make them to be, or if this is all just hype.  As for the feminist issue, there is always going to be some people who think of women as subordinates.  As we all well know, this is not the case.  Maybe if managers opened their minds and allowed women to participate in the same tasks as men, there would be less or even no protests.

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