World Slave Labor In America, Should It Be Allowed.

[Truth7t7]

Meet Halima A Beautiful 11 Year Old Girl.

Halima works in a Bangaladeshi clothing factory, producing underwear for Hanes.
She earns 6.5 cents an hour, or $3.20 a week, she is slapped and screamed at for increased production.

Next time you buy Hanes clothing, think of Halima?

Wikipedia: Hanesbrands Inc. is an American clothing company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[2] It employs 65,300 people internationally.

Gerald W. Evans Jr.
Executive Compensation
As Chief Executive Officer at HANESBRANDS INC., Gerald W. Evans Jr. made $9,056,825 in total compensation. Of this total $912,500 was received as a salary, $1,394,190 was received as a bonus, $0 was received in stock options, $6,543,769 was awarded as stock and $206,366 came from other types of compensation. This information is according to proxy statements filed for the 2016 fiscal year.

Other Executives at this Company
Richard A. Noll Joia M. Johnson Richard D. Moss W. Howard Upchurch

Truth7t7

 

[Aldebaran]

Meet Halima A Beautiful 11 Year Old Girl.

Halima works in a Bangaladeshi clothing factory, producing underwear for Hanes.
She earns 6.5 cents an hour, or $3.20 a week, she is slapped and screamed at for increased production.

Next time you buy Hanes clothing, think of Halima?

Truth7t7

Bangladesh isn't in America.
True, this situation you describe is terrible, but why is Halima working there? Is she there by choice? Can she leave if she wants to? If not, then she's a slave. If she can leave, then she is free.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

Unfortunately this is probably true of most of the mainstream brands out there for clothing...

When you have a large portion of the population that's been sold this meme of "any form of business regulation is nothing more than evil socialist ploys for the liberals to control everyone" you end up with a bunch of fat-cat executives who take advantage of the lack of oversight and look to maximize profit margins by any means necessary...and in most cases, that means vastly underpaying workers.

...and make no mistake about it, the outsourcing is only a small fraction of the issue. Even goods produced domestically that are remotely affordable are thanks to people working for 40-60% of what they should be making.

The top 1% are carving what they want out of the pie first, and then leaving everyone else to fight over the crumbs.

We could 100% afford to have most of our goods produced domestically and have the people making those goods earning a decent wage while being treated like human beings...however, that would mean that the executive teams might have to settle for only making 50x what their average worker makes (like they used to back when the middle class was thriving) instead of the 300x ratio they've become accustomed to.

...wait...what am I even saying. How dare I think of something so cruel. Asking those poor guys to survive on a measly little $6,000,000/year salary instead of a $20M+ salary (for a job that essentially involves mostly lunch meetings and schmoozing with clients on a golf course)...I must be a full blown Marxist for even daring to mention such an idea

This nonsense these wealthy fat cats are selling of "well, we could pay our workers more if we just got the government off our back and out of our way" is bull poo...and how modern day GOP supporters are falling for it is beyond me...they've sold people on this idea numerous times now, and each time governance over them reduces, they just continue to treat people worse and pocket the difference.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

The corporations of the world have been known to be heartless, without any conscience, without truth or even caring about truth, for practically ever since they started. This was disclosed over a century ago - it was well known by ekklesia. (born again believers).
The world government has been controlled by babylon and all the world religious groups go along for the power and the money. (so it won't be easy finding out the truth; but YHVH'S PROMISE is that whoever seeks the truth, and keeps seeking the truth, will find it) .....

All day long we are being slaughtered. (truth ever since it was written)

 

[Truth7t7]

Unfortunately this is probably true of most of the mainstream brands out there for clothing...

When you have a large portion of the population that's been sold this meme of "any form of business regulation is nothing more than evil socialist ploys for the liberals to control everyone" you end up with a bunch of fat-cat executives who take advantage of the lack of oversight and look to maximize profit margins by any means necessary...and in most cases, that means vastly underpaying workers.

...and make no mistake about it, the outsourcing is only a small fraction of the issue. Even goods produced domestically that are remotely affordable are thanks to people working for 40-60% of what they should be making.

The top 1% are carving what they want out of the pie first, and then leaving everyone else to fight over the crumbs.

We could 100% afford to have most of our goods produced domestically and have the people making those goods earning a decent wage while being treated like human beings...however, that would mean that the executive teams might have to settle for only making 50x what their average worker makes (like they used to back when the middle class was thriving) instead of the 300x ratio they've become accustomed to.

...wait...what am I even saying. How dare I think of something so cruel. Asking those poor guys to survive on a measly little $6,000,000/year salary instead of a $20M+ salary (for a job that essentially involves mostly lunch meetings and schmoozing with clients on a golf course)...I must be a full blown Marxist for even daring to mention such an idea

This nonsense these wealthy fat cats are selling of "well, we could pay our workers more if we just got the government off our back and out of our way" is bull poo...and how modern day GOP supporters are falling for it is beyond me...they've sold people on this idea numerous times now, and each time governance over them reduces, they just continue to treat people worse and pocket the difference.

Rob your one of the few that sees the picture realistically and your 100% correct!

The western world wealthy "Fat Cats" are not content with 50X the workers wage, they want it all!

This is a window of opportunity to save the American dream, being able to buy a home, car, tv set, and a toaster.

Americans retirement savings accounts and disposable income is out the door, as credit cards are maxed out, As the transfer of middle class American wealth goes to the "Fat Cats"!

Manufacturing jobs are middle class America, when they are removed, so is the middle class.

The masses of society are blind to this truth.

The "Fat Cats" would have citizens of the US just as Halima, they care about increased wealth, nothing more.

Whats the answer?

American Tariffs on Foreign goods, take the "Fat Cats" incentive away on abuse, protect our free American society, from the world slave trade!

 

[JackRT]

The "Fat Cats" would have citizens of the US just as Halima, they care about increased wealth, nothing more.

Well, it did happen here in the age of "the robber barons" (late 18th and early 19th centuries) ---- long hours, low pay, dangerous and unsafe and unhealthy conditions, child labour, company towns. It was the unions that were instrumental in changing things. And, guess what? The unions are being systematically restricted and even destroyed by modern day robber barons operating through right wing political parties and goverments. What goes around, comes around. We ignore history at our peril.

 

[Truth7t7]

Well, it did happen here in the age of "the robber barons" (late 18th and early 19th centuries) ---- long hours, low pay, dangerous and unsafe and unhealthy conditions, child labour, company towns. It was the unions that were instrumental in changing things. And, guess what? The unions are being systematically restricted and even destroyed by modern day robber barons operating through right wing political parties and goverments. What goes around, comes around. We ignore history at our peril.

I agree!

However we have a new thing in the mix, to compound the situation worse today?

Billionaire George Soros, and his Massive refrig cargo ship fleet, that carry massive amounts of goods.

Slaves no longer need to be put on boats, just their produced goods.

We need to impose immediate Tariffs, we have no other choice to maintain our free society and the American dream.

 

[JackRT]

We need to impose immediate Tariffs, we have no other choice to maintain our free society and the American dream.

I can see no reason why tariffs would do anything other than make the conditions in third world nations even worse.

 

[mark kennedy]

I worked at the TOA plant in Mooresville, Indiana, most of the employees were Burmese immigrants and the conditions were as bad as I've ever seen. I worked at Amazon, same situation and there are more third world immigrants then you can shack a stick at. I don't think it's a question of slave labor but cheap labor is like crack in the US corporate culture. Hispanics can be hard working with an obvious devotion to their families, worked with a lot of them, all I ever cared about is that they are documented.

Slavery has always been a major issue in sex trafficking. It was about a year ago and these massage parlors in Indianapolis got busted for these Asian girls that lived in these houses and basically were used as prostitutes.

 

[Mountainmanbob]

Unfortunately this is probably true of most of the mainstream brands out there for clothing...

When you have a large portion of the population that's been sold this meme of "any form of business regulation is nothing more than evil socialist ploys for the liberals to control everyone" you end up with a bunch of fat-cat executives who take advantage of the lack of oversight and look to maximize profit margins by any means necessary...and in most cases, that means vastly underpaying workers.

...and make no mistake about it, the outsourcing is only a small fraction of the issue. Even goods produced domestically that are remotely affordable are thanks to people working for 40-60% of what they should be making.

The top 1% are carving what they want out of the pie first, and then leaving everyone else to fight over the crumbs.

We could 100% afford to have most of our goods produced domestically and have the people making those goods earning a decent wage while being treated like human beings...however, that would mean that the executive teams might have to settle for only making 50x what their average worker makes (like they used to back when the middle class was thriving) instead of the 300x ratio they've become accustomed to.

...wait...what am I even saying. How dare I think of something so cruel. Asking those poor guys to survive on a measly little $6,000,000/year salary instead of a $20M+ salary (for a job that essentially involves mostly lunch meetings and schmoozing with clients on a golf course)...I must be a full blown Marxist for even daring to mention such an idea

This nonsense these wealthy fat cats are selling of "well, we could pay our workers more if we just got the government off our back and out of our way" is bull poo...and how modern day GOP supporters are falling for it is beyond me...they've sold people on this idea numerous times now, and each time governance over them reduces, they just continue to treat people worse and pocket the difference.

I was going to say shame on Hanes until I read the above post oh my golly give us a break!
M-Bob

 

[Rion]

We already have defacto slave labor here. it's called illegal immigrants. Funny thing, the same party that fought tooth and nail for literal slave labor is doing the same for the replacement.

 

[Goonie]

Meet Halima A Beautiful 11 Year Old Girl.

Halima works in a Bangaladeshi clothing factory, producing underwear for Hanes.
She earns 6.5 cents an hour, or $3.20 a week, she is slapped and screamed at for increased production.

Next time you buy Hanes clothing, think of Halima?

Truth7t7

why are you repeating this thread?

 

[Desk trauma]

American Tariffs on Foreign goods, take the "Fat Cats" incentive away on abuse, protect our free American society, from the world slave trade!

Cutting off cheaper imports will not remove the incentive to minimize costs nor change corporations looking to only care for their stock priced rather then employees or the national interest. If faced with massive taxes on imported goods the companies that once relied on lower overseas labor costs for their profit margin will just invest in automation. Mass employment in manufacturing is not coming back no matter how much the government fights economic and technological reality.

Additionally, if your concern is for the plight of garment workers in the developing world, how is taking away their jobs in countries with no safety net going to benefit them? As lousy as their jobs are not having them is much worse.

 

[Truth7t7]

I can see no reason why tariffs would do anything other than make the conditions in third world nations even worse.

 

[Truth7t7]

why are you repeating this thread?

They moved it to the junk drawer, because it didnt contain the word "America"

 

[Desk trauma]

They moved it to the junk drawer, because it didnt contain the word "America"

Bit silly to shoehorn in the word America. Slavery is explicitly not allowed in the US so it would seem the question of it being allowed here is settled.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Bangladesh isn't in America.
True, this situation you describe is terrible, but why is Halima working there? Is she there by choice? Can she leave if she wants to? If not, then she's a slave. If she can leave, then she is free.

I can't speak for her specific case...but a lot of these cases are debt slavery. Under the pretext of getting a job and making money, a child is given materials she cannot afford to make a product (like sewing together soccer balls for example). The child is told if they see enough soccer balls together, they can make a profit which can then pay off the debt.

Unfortunately, the child doesn't realize that the little profit they make isn't enough to both feed them and pay off the debt....so the interest on the debt grows higher while the child spends the meager income on the food they desperately need (which is why they took this job in the first place). That child then grows up never able to do anything else...essentially owned by the company who gave them this "opportunity".

It's messed up...and I don't like it...but it's the fault of the nation these people inhabit. If they had child labor laws, minimum wages, unions, etc...these things wouldn't happen (not legally anyway).

 

[Truth7t7]

Unfortunately this is probably true of most of the mainstream brands out there for clothing...

When you have a large portion of the population that's been sold this meme of "any form of business regulation is nothing more than evil socialist ploys for the liberals to control everyone" you end up with a bunch of fat-cat executives who take advantage of the lack of oversight and look to maximize profit margins by any means necessary...and in most cases, that means vastly underpaying workers.

...and make no mistake about it, the outsourcing is only a small fraction of the issue. Even goods produced domestically that are remotely affordable are thanks to people working for 40-60% of what they should be making.

The top 1% are carving what they want out of the pie first, and then leaving everyone else to fight over the crumbs.

We could 100% afford to have most of our goods produced domestically and have the people making those goods earning a decent wage while being treated like human beings...however, that would mean that the executive teams might have to settle for only making 50x what their average worker makes (like they used to back when the middle class was thriving) instead of the 300x ratio they've become accustomed to.

...wait...what am I even saying. How dare I think of something so cruel. Asking those poor guys to survive on a measly little $6,000,000/year salary instead of a $20M+ salary (for a job that essentially involves mostly lunch meetings and schmoozing with clients on a golf course)...I must be a full blown Marxist for even daring to mention such an idea

This nonsense these wealthy fat cats are selling of "well, we could pay our workers more if we just got the government off our back and out of our way" is bull poo...and how modern day GOP supporters are falling for it is beyond me...they've sold people on this idea numerous times now, and each time governance over them reduces, they just continue to treat people worse and pocket the difference.

Wikipedia: Hanesbrands Inc. is an American clothing company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[2] It employs 65,300 people internationally.

Gerald W. Evans Jr.
Executive Compensation
As Chief Executive Officer at HANESBRANDS INC., Gerald W. Evans Jr. made $9,056,825 in total compensation. Of this total $912,500 was received as a salary, $1,394,190 was received as a bonus, $0 was received in stock options, $6,543,769 was awarded as stock and $206,366 came from other types of compensation. This information is according to proxy statements filed for the 2016 fiscal year.

Chief Executive OfficerHANESBRANDS INC.View local and national averages forsalaries$9.1MILLION$912,500Base Pay$1,394,190Bonus + Non-EquityIncentive Comp$2,306,690Total Cash Comp$6,543,769Stock Award Value$0Option Award Value$6,543,769Total Equity$206,366Total Other$9,056,825 Total CompensationFiscal Year Ended in 2016

Other Executives at this Company
Richard A. Noll Joia M. Johnson Richard D. Moss W. Howard Upchurch

 

[Nithavela]

Slave labor is already allowed in the USA. It's all nicely stacked away in your prisons.

 

[Truth7t7]

Slave labor is already allowed in the USA. It's all nicely stacked away in your prisons.

I agree, however the work is minimal, providing service in their facilities.

The article below ahows how they are branching out in firefighting, and other ventures.

Is it a form of slavery?

No, they do it voluntarily for $$$

Think prison labor is a form of slavery? Think again