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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Monday, February 21, 2005 ::
What's It All About, Vicky? Child Labor, Wal-Mart and the Bush Administration By Jordan Barab, Confined Space
Wal-Mart thinks it's just about them. According to Wal-Mart spokesperson Gus Whitcomb,What is truly unfortunate is that the attention focused on this agreement has now moved from being about compliance, which is where our attention is focused, to being a new forum for people who simply don't like us.
No Gus, 'truly unfortunate' is the fact that over 200,000 teens are injured on the job each year in this country. Of those injured on the job, about 100,000 are injured seriously enough to require emergency room treatment. The controversy about this issue goes far beyond the big bad Congressmen and unions beating up on itty bitty Wal-Mart. It's about how serious this administration is going to be about enforcing violations of child labor laws, as well as general labor standards and workplace health and safety protections -- especially when those violators happen to also be their major corporate contributors."------------------------------------------- posted 12:18 PM :: reference link ::
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