>Hi Jim,
>what does it mean
>"EXPLOITATION of people and destruction of their environments."
>
>In many countries people prefer to be EXPLOITATED, instead of to die hungry.
>Absent of job destruct their environments.

Jordan;

I will attempt to explain what I think Jim referred to using the United States electronics manufacturing industry as an example.

1. Unions fought for decades to protect the health, safety and welfare of workers.

2. After many decades of effort laws were passed to protect workers.

3. Some companies did anything they felt could get away with regardless of laws.

4. A number of electronics manufacturers moved to Mexico near the border of the United States to avoid laws and have cheap labor with a large reserve of prospective replacements.

5. Workers were paid $5.60 a day in Mexico for electronics manufacturing jobs that paid $160 a day in California.

6. Mexican workers health is of no concern to the American company that hires them or the Mexican government.

7. Many Mexican workers become ill due to use of toxic chemicals, which are against the law to use in the United States.

Incident rates of Mexican workers too ill to work are very high. Such workers receive no health benefits or assistance. They are replaced by one of the many unemployed persons willing to work to support themselves. The average age of workers too ill to work is 25.

In the end the price of the goods manufactured does not decrease due to the source of labor. Rather the profit (called margin) increases. The cost savings due to decreased labor costs are not passed on to the consumer.

One can judge or have an opinion on this topic.
1. Higher profits at any cost! People are cheap.

2. People should be treated with respect and protected from exploitation.

3. Form your own opinion.

What is right or wrong? It depends upon your viewpoint.

Tom