Posted on 19 June 2012. Tags: Australia, exploitation, Fairness, mark bittman, Minimum Wage, Poverty, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, waiters
Two sides of the planet. Two different systems. Two different realities for workers—and, therein, lies the lesson: economies are about power, and values. Over in the U.S., if you are a waiter in the food industry, you are screwed, as Mark Bittman outlined in his column a few days ago, on the backs of a […]
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Posted on 24 July 2009. Tags: "Free Trade", CAFTA, exploitation, Guatemala
On some things, I would rather be proven wrong. I would rather be told, "you see, these trade deals did their job when they passed and promised to protect labor rights in other countries where union organizers and leaders have been regularly killed and threatened…life has so improved for labor". Then, I would admit […]
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