Tuesday, May 1, 2012
blog 5
I was outraged after viewing the film of women working in Haiti at the Disney factory. Working conditions were horrible being that the women where there for eight hours on top of working where it was one hundred degrees inside the factory all for $2.40 American currency. Workers at the Mickey Mouse factory were stunned that the shirts that they made at the factory were being sold in America for $13 American dollars. Also in the short film "Maquilaopolis" women described working in harsh environments as well. One lady stated that they were exposed to all kinds of chemicals while working at the factory not to mention that they would go home everyday with their cloths reeking smelling like burnt plastic to say the lease. We as Americans i feel have the power to improve the working conditions for women in other countries. This is depressing and inhabitable to make a living working in these types of environments and hardly making any money to support their families. This is sad.
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Monique, I can feel your outrage in your words. It is sad indeed that women around the world, especially in developing countries continue to suffer harsh working conditions while receiving minimal pay. It's even more sad that many financially capable American companies exploit these women in these manner for a profit, even though they have the ability to make their lives a hundred times better. Unfortunately, such is the world we live in. We just need to continue to raise awareness about these issues of women suffrage and do our best to hold those responsible accountable for their actions.
ReplyDeleteMonique it is sad that these women have to work in such harsh condition for such little paid. I think it is very unfair for big name companies such as Disney to exploit these women.If women in America won't work in those condition and for the same pay why should these women have to?
ReplyDeleteMonique,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you this is outrageous.
I dont know if you are familiar with the story of women in Juarez Mexico. Hundreds if not thousands of women in Juarez have been found dead in mass grave sites. Most if not all of these women are factory workers. Not only do these women have to work in deplorable conditions, with little pay and no benefits, but they also have to be concerned with being killed. There are several reasons that they associate the deaths with the factories. 1. Women are forced to work long shifts which typically end around midnight when public transportation is no longer available. They are forced to travel in factory transportation. The drivers have been suspects of these cases but justce in Mexico is unheard of. 2. These are women of low resources whose families will be ignored once reported missing to the authorities. 3. It has been rumored that factory owners pick their targets in the factories, and that these women are at the mercy of their employers.
Regardless of what the cause of who is responsible for the deaths it is horrifying to think that any woman will ever have to fear living through this. I think that if the employers treated them more fairly and paid them better this would not be a problem.
Ana