Over 100 Years Ago, 146 Young Women Working In A Factory Never Came Home. It Changed Our Country

[one...two...tree 2,762]

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This was a good video thanks for sharing. I remember the incident in Bangladesh and there was another one that happened after that the video does not mention with the building that collapsed, it did not meet any kind of code requirements. They packed so many workers in deplorable conditions.

These people who believe in unfettered capitalism would have been slave owners 200 years ago, or at the very least condoned it and supported it.....but let's be honest those people exist today. Working for pennies a day amounts to slavery. As consumers we are also guilty. But I believe that change is occurring, just sometimes slow. People are becoming more aware of the global conditions around the world such as fair trade goods like coffee or the Rainforest Alliance. But at the same time I believe workers throughout the world need to organize. Protest, fight, and shed blood if they must for justice and equality. The same thing that was done in this country.

"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck" - Frederick Douglass

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Profits off of blood, sweat and tears. That's unfettered capitalism for you. And some people think it's a good thing... Despicable.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

This was a good video thanks for sharing. I remember the incident in Bangladesh and there was another one that happened after that the video does not mention with the building that collapsed, it did not meet any kind of code requirements. They packed so many workers in deplorable conditions.

These people who believe in unfettered capitalism would have been slave owners 200 years ago, or at the very least condoned it and supported it.....but let's be honest those people exist today. Working for pennies a day amounts to slavery. As consumers we are also guilty. But I believe that change is occurring, just sometimes slow. People are becoming more aware of the global conditions around the world such as fair trade goods like coffee or the Rainforest Alliance. But at the same time I believe workers throughout the world need to organize. Protest, fight, and shed blood if they must for justice and equality. The same thing that was done in this country.

"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck" - Frederick Douglass

Slavery was primarily an economic reality until the Age of Enlightenment and the question of ethics came into play. Slavery had always been justified as a way toward improving the economic conditions of society and those sentiments echo in today's global economy where corporations continuously search for cheap labor across the globe. When people question the ethics of it, we're given the same answer - so Americans can afford to buy things.

Edited March 14, 2014 by Porterhouse

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Walmart locks their employees in overnight to this day.

[JohnR! 5,495]

You must be a New Yorker. Many don't know of or remember the Triangle factory tragedy these days anymore...

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

A bit disingenuous when he says the workers were asking walmart/gap/etc for 35 cents per hour and the answer was no.. These are separate companies that sale to Walmart and the rest.

The changes this gentleman wants are already happening, just not at the pace we would all like - as an example look at what Apple has had to do with its suppliers in China. As wealth is transferred from Western countries to other countries and there is a balancing out of overall wealth and the advantages of outsourcing go away then the workers revolution can happen again.

You can read between the lines that this requires a general downgrade in the standard of living for those of us living in western countries.