[Jewelry making - Article 00049] - Re: [Orchid] A Jewelry Buyer's Guide

[Catherine Clinch]

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    I have to agree with you.  I met a woman who does her outsourcing in
    Addis Ababa.  She told  me that she has a doctor on her staff - which
    makes her employees among the rare privileged class that gets health
    care.  She pays the manager of her plant $100/month - which is a
    royal sum.  The other employees make more than anybody else in their
    village has ever made.  So, she is doing a service while cutting her
    costs. 

    I understand the notion of doing whatever it takes to feed your
    family. What bothers me is the way that they are treated - and that
    it is tolerated by the "Kathie Lee's" of the world. 

    Being in LA (and from NYC) I am all too familiar with the
    sweatshops.  My godfather was watch commander of the Chinatown
    precinct when I was a little girl (in the 60s).  He'd talk about how
    hard it was to take care of the immigrants who were being kept in
    virtual slavery at the sweatshops - and how impossible it was to
    communicate with them because in spite of how horrible the conditions
    were, where they were was so much better than where they had come
    from. 

    It just amazes me that some of the same people who are adamant about
    using "cruelty free" products (that don't use animal testing) will
    look the other way when it comes to the treatment of human beings. 
    Go figure... 

cc

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