This is globalisation in action. Many MNCs (multi national corporations) the majority of which are based in the USA. These companies usually go abroad for cheap labour as it is not enforcable in the USA.To solve these problems international trading laws and regulations must be enforced (by the UN) that give these workers employment rights, such as a minimum wage, break or holiday or leave entitlement, abolition of child labour etc. Boycotting the goods would actually make the problem worse because although we dont agree with the mistreatment of these workers it is a lesser of two evils situation because without the pay they receive their poverty would be even worse so unemployment is not an option.
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