[Jewelry making - Article 00267] - Re: [Orchid] India among lowest cost producers of jewelry

[Daniel Spirer]

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Gerry,

    Apparently Umesh has answered your question about wages, and by
    insinuation working conditions (note his comments about the factory
    owners). While I understand things are generally cheaper in India
    than the US I still am not sure how anyone can live on $40/month
    (trainee) or why someone with 7 years of experience at mold cutting
    should be paid less than $50/week. While these wages might be
    "livable" in India, I strongly doubt that any of the workers he
    quoted wages for, have one tenth the number of items anyone on this
    list living in the US takes for granted (things we consider
    necessities, not our excessive toys). Until the standard of living
    is brought up worldwide, we will all continue to suffer from the
    problems closely associated with poverty. 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-234-4392
www.spirerjewelers.com


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