As transportation become cheaper and Internet allows companies to control production processes from afar Does anyone know the difference?
No longer tax import of foreign components used to assemble goods in developing nations And relaxed taxes on profits of foreign companies that As more and more foreign companies shift their production processes overseas, how has this affected labor rights—both in developing and developed nations--
Shenzhen is China’s first SEZ, begun by Communist leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979
Despite image of progress, fewer protections on labor in China, as you can see from this image of drill press operators who are not wearing protective gear such as goggles or gloves
Electronics factory—12 hour days without breaks
And earn less than $5 a day
As corporations are increasingly able to relocate to where wages and labor conditions are more favorable, how does this affect strength of labor in developed world? Corporate America has workers in both developed and developing nations as its peons
In most cases, women working in these zones are first and second generation laborers
Due to state policies that regulate operations of corporations within these zones
190 million--3% of world’s population
Remittances to Latin America increased 10 times in past 2 decades 2004: $45 billion sent, 70% of FDI 5 times larger than development aid