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Protecting
Workers Rights
In the last decade the global expansion of the market
economy has produced what some call a “world without walls”.
In the rush to find cheaper and quicker ways to produce shoes, apparel,
and other labor-intensive goods for the global marketplace, multinational
corporations are moving much of their manufacturing to countries where
basic legal protections for workers are non-existent and union organizing
is prohibited or discouraged. Workers drive the new international economy,
yet millions of them—typically women and children—daily endure
substandard working conditions ranging from inadequate wages to inhumane
hours to life-threatening hazards in the workplace.
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