Not necessarily 'American' standards, but definitely universal standards when it comes to freedoms, rights, priviledges, child labor, unsafe working conditions, clean potable water, et al...

I have also been to countries where there is no safe drinking water and homes are huts with no windows and dirt floors and no running water. That doesn't mean they do not meet 'American standards' but that they do not meet 'universal standards' in living conditions which all countries pretty much agree on today. It also does not make it OK.

Look at the Universal Human Rights under the UN:

http://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/en/



>>>>Do you believe that without unions, American businesses would treat workers fairly, pay a living wage, provide decent benefits, etc., etc., etc.? History says no.
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>>>History has also shown that Businesses would rather offshore and use cheaper foreign labor than yield to economic extortion by Unions. There has to be a better way.
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>>So we need to export the labor movement, too. The conditions under which some workers around the world labor should be horrifying to anybody, as should how young some of those workers are.
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>>Tamar
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>You can't judge other countries by American Standards. I've lived all over the world and the mores and cultures are different. In many countries, children are supposed to work, it's the norm. In many countries, the woman do the work, in others the males. When in Rome...