Wal-Mart: Now Exploiting Kids in Mexico
It never ends. The Beast of Bentonville is now after kids in Mexico.
The folks at Wal-Mart Watch are working on this. And there was a story in Newsweek.
I wonder: would the Waltons of Wal-Mart do this to their children, grandkids, nieces or cousins? Or is just too easy to exploit people you don't know so you can fatten your bank account?
Just wondering about the moral compass of the Waltons--whatever compass they might have.
The folks at Wal-Mart Watch are working on this. And there was a story in Newsweek.
I wonder: would the Waltons of Wal-Mart do this to their children, grandkids, nieces or cousins? Or is just too easy to exploit people you don't know so you can fatten your bank account?
Just wondering about the moral compass of the Waltons--whatever compass they might have.
Comments
child labour in US / international perspective
Wal-Mart has a bad history of child labour in US as well, just have a look at Wal-Mart Watch page of labour issue.
But maybe it's worth considering that US labour laws against child labour could be improved. Just have a read at the observations made in 2007 by the ILO (UN) Committee of experts to US government concerning ‘Worst forms of Child Labour Convention’, the only Convention ratified by US government regarding minum age and child labour. So I was wondering if, in general, the ratification and respect of fundamental labour rights conventions are (or could be) an issue in the debate about US labour laws...