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giovedì 9 maggio 2013
The logic of labor exploitation generate monsters unbearable for democracies
The recent tragic events that occurred in Bangladesh, which have shown the world the inhumane conditions of workers in the textile sector, led in evidence, thanks to a real massacre, a situation well known and well known, by governments and western factories, which with their brands to increase profits exploiting those workers already very high. Behind the labels of the clothes, even the most expensive fashion houses, there is increasingly a series of stories of exploitation that verges on slavery, people locked up for more than ten or twelve hours a day in local insecure and feeble, providing their labor, all that they have, for wages that fail to allow a dignified life. The lack of normal safety at work, now in its total lack of rights, not only labor, but also those civilians, favored by a context that goes beyond the anti-democracy, because it is based on the exploitation pure, is a normal situation they rely Western companies, masquerading behind the excuse of the contract out to tender. After the incident of the collapse of the building in Bangladesh, where they were killed hundreds of people, Western companies have proclaimed in chorus their strangeness to any cooperation with the owners of those labs, stating that, if anything, could be of cases of sub-contracted production, which were not clearly aware of. The outrage from Western buyers, then lasted very little, allowing companies to enter into new contracts, with no guarantee for workers, making it possible to not break the chain of production and therefore of easy money. Needless to mention that the low cost of labor allows a revenue exorbitant, in front of productions performed in countries that have labor laws that impose conditions which are not cost-free. However, the way to punish those who use this labor exists and is even elementary: it would suffice to raise the duties of import of any goods produced without appropriate safeguards for workers. This would increase the guarantees, but also the professionalism of those workers in the countries of the third and fourth world, where these factories are concentrated lager and, at the same time also protect the workers from the countries where these brands have their headquarters, and thanks to This territoriality feed its own market, which would see less adversely affected the quality of their work. The reality is that in supranational institutions like the European Union and countries of ancient democracy, as are all those in the West, there are huge gaps in the law in this field, that of goods produced abroad that are in direct conflict with the laws and the principles that govern these nations. Hypocrisy is the true master of regulation of this matter, which remains deliberately ruled in favor of seeking a profit excessive and out of control, because it lacks the necessary moral requirements. The excessive liberalism of Reagan and Thatcher, has generated a lot of monsters and one of these is the gain because unscrupulous allowed by the absence of legal constraints, intended, rather than as a safeguard, as unnecessary obstacles to the revenue of the industry. The unbridled globalization, a direct descendant of liberalism eighties has completed the work, opening up to the market the workforce the opportunity to exploit the masses of desperate people, who have been deceived by the promise of free themselves from poverty endemic of agricultural work, but this is not state, it was only a transition from one type of land-use in an industrial entity that not only did not raise the level of quality of life of these people, but it got worse before exposing them to risks that they ran, without , moreover, the right payment. Often the proponents of globalization have industrialization wild rose as a step in the social scale from very poor people, in fact, this reading is a lie that knowing lie, it's just that the work in factories allows exploiters to earn more money than continuing to employ these women and men in the agricultural sector. If in China, and the din in India, the masses of workers are starting to become aware of the rights and protections due within the work environment, the machine of exploitation move production to countries where legislation and the need allow the gains increasingly higher. Of course you need a minimum of political stability, not to put at risk investment, but with the appropriate levels of corruption then the road is downhill. Although, as happens in China, where, however, the phenomenon is beginning and there are large pockets where safeguards are not applied at all, the room for maneuver for the exploiters seems to be reduced, in reality, there are still large areas to colonize and convert industrialization of exploitation. For these policies, there are no sanctions, the military will be sent, yet the social significance of the violation of democracy is easily comparable to dictatorships so often condemned by Western nations, and also made the subject of direct intervention, not only diplomats but also the war. If the U.S. rise often to police the world, followed by the EU, you do not understand why do not engage in any activity contrary to exploitation, which does not go beyond mere statements of the facade and the same goes for the UN, which is becoming increasingly more useless in its current form. It is the action of a few voluntary organizations that focus on the absolute value of ethical production, clothing but not alone, and that are, for now, the only people who try sensitization should not be underestimated even in rich countries, where with the excuse of the economic crisis it was decided to cut out a large chunk of labor rights, hard-won through years of struggle and sacrifice.
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