I stumbled upon r/Chipotle, and practically every post in the last week has been employees' fights for worker rights. I also saw this comment on a tweet from their Twitter, making me even more curious. What could have happened that caused them to start revoluting the corporation?
Perhaps this post will get no comments, which will be indicative of the sort of people that have a voice on these issues.
Still, it's worth a shot. Whether you're an ex/current sweatshop worker, your perspective and worldviews matter. If you are not those things, please do not comment.
With a lot of sweat, some tears and a little bit of piss I managed to scamble 18 000 denars. Finally, I could afford to have a workshop, and with it a source of regular income...
NOT
No matter what kind of workshop I open, it makes around 120 denars a day, which means it will pay for itself after about half a year. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a mod, or a fix? Help me out here, I have to get this bread somehow!
CORRECTION 1: In my initial post, I had claimed that worker shifts were 8 hours. My memory failed me. Shifts were actually 12 hours in total with two breaks in the middle for meals at the canteen. However, it was on a reduced work week. We worked for two days, then took the next two days off, switching with the next “team” of workers to ensure that the factory basically stayed running at all times. I had to confirm with a former manager over WeChat
CORRECTION 2: The factory was located in Suzhou, not Yangzhou
Hey ya'll, wanted to share my experience working at a Chinese factory (or "sweatshop" as the West likes to call it). I feel that this is an interesting perspective that not many Westerners have unless they've interacted with actual Chinese factory workers. Being from both worlds, the West and the East, I feel that I can provide you all with that perspective. It's been a really long time since I worked there, so some details are a little fuzzy, but I'll try my best to accurately represent what life was like as a Chinese factory worker.
A little background about myself, I am Taiwanese-American, born in California, but actually spent almost all of my childhood in China because my dad did business there. We moved when I was 5 years old. In total, I spent 12 years in China, between 2001 and 2013 when I graduated from high school.
Upon graduating high school in 2013, I spent the summer doing odd jobs here and there while I waited to move back to the US for college. One of the jobs I got was at a textile factory in Yangzhou, which produced toddler clothing for American department stores like J.C. Penney and K-Mart.
As someone who frequently visited family in the US, I gotta say it was pretty jarring actually being inside one of the factories that produced the goods sold in American stores. It really helped me humanize the people behind the "Made in China" labels. Seeing the K-Mart tags on the clothing being produced was an absolute mindfuck for me because I literally shopped at K-Mart in the United States before. That shit was pretty fucking wild
The factory itself was a pretty standard Chinese factory, if not a little below average. It was situated in its own gated campus with a canteen and dormitory, which is standard for most Chinese factories. I don't exactly know how old the factory was, but if I could guess, I'd say it had been there since the early-mid 2000's.
It was of average Chinese cleanliness, which, if you're comparing it to Western sta
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I need a new pair of sneakers, and i want something long lasting that isnt product of rampant capitalism.
I saw allbirds were highly rated, but didnt find information on if the labor was fair trade.
Thanks
EDIT: Thanks for all the brand suggestions. Looking into it, obviously its more difficult to find models that suit my need from these brands, but im sure ill find something i like
A company i wanted to order clothes from said: "Some of our materials are sourced internationally, while everything is printed in the U.S. " Does that mean the clothes are made in places utilizing sweatshop labor, or does it just mean it comes from wherever?
Got an interview coming up for an entry-level HVAC/Plumbing design position.
Any advice to the following questions is welcome and greatly appreciated
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What can I expect from a technical standpoint? What sort of questions could they ask me?
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I've been apart of this sub reddit for awhile and have read a decent amount of comments saying that they work in a sweat shop. What sort of questions can I ask to determine if this firm is a sweat shop (being indirect ofc)?
3). The company has a website. What sort of things on the website could signify red flags and why?
- What's the biggest thing you regret looking back on taking your first MEP job and how would you of done it differently?
About the company:. This is (probably) a small firm with less than 50 people. Most of what they do is new construction with less then 10% of the projects listed as remodels. They've been around for 40 years. The firm is owened and operated by several people with sizeable resumes.
Projects: . Mostly educational facilities (between college and elementary). There's also some medical, banks, and office work too. The projects range from 500,000- 30 million.
Any advice is greatly appreciated
As I understand it, there are some sweatshop-free certifications but it is so hard to find brands that have them. I’m looking to do some ethical purchasing of workwear (shirts/blouses, suits etc). Does anyone know anywhere I could check out?
Every time an “ethical brand” it always has an environmental focus (which still is important to me but it’s not the only important thing to me).
Vegan here. I recently bought a new computer monitor (assembled in China), and my roommate (who is skeptical about veganism) asked me how I could make ethical arguments about harming sentient beings when I used my money to fund human exploitation in the factories where my technology is made. To my mind this is a good point, in fact much better than the argument about driving car, emissions, etc., because it involves more direct harm to a human being. What are your thoughts on this?
Wanna know why you can't get your hands on a 3000 series yet? Yesterday I was working and walked into a clients home where he had about 300+ gpus hung up on racks in his garage. I've been trying to get a 3000 series gpu for months now and it's been the same story as I'm sure many of you have experienced as well. GPUs were not built for mining nor did Nvidia and AMD build these amazing pieces of hardware so that they can be crypto slaves.
Gamestop is a store for gamers, if they can find a way to sell these cards and somehow insure that they are going to the gamers and not the sweatshops they may be looking at preferential or even exclusive partnerships with the major GPU suppliers.
I'm an XX shareholder and am in for the MOASS but also am in for the long haul too. I want to see gamestop become not just a successful retailer but become "THE" gaming retailer for everyone. The #1 place to go for all things gaming; be it top line or used/refurbished PC building parts and accessories, consoles, trading cards and more.
Let's make Gamestop great!
Also obligatory HODL 💎 💎 🙌 🚀 🌙
