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An industry shouldn't have multiple human rights watch reports about working conditions (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] alottachairs@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Im not sure how saying "we need to shut down a factory that operates with human suffering" is obtuse.

[โ€“] Unanimous_anonymous@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

It's obtuse because it's not like another one is going to crop up in the same town in the same day to give the workers jobs, nor is it going to solve the issue of regulating the industry properly. The people enforcing the policies need teeth, and those teeth should be able to bite at the people causing these conditions. Places get like this because 3rd party inspection is underfunded and underpowered. Shutting a place down means it cuts into profits while potentially cutting off workers' incomes. It doesn't mean the owners or board get significantly impacted.