May 23, 2003

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  Rights make might

  
  

  Long article (skim it), important issue. If we're to compete with workers in poor countries on a level playing field, we'll either have to give up rights, which is occuring, or ensure that everybody world-wide has decent wages and working conditions. I don't want to buy stuff produced by slave labor; I don't want to compete with slave labor; I don't want to be slave labor; And I will not allow my kids to be used as slaves.

  
  

  "The arguments behind calls for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to promote worker rights are not only morally unassailable but make good economic sense, as well. In fact, a growing body of evidence highlights the economic benefits of these core labor standards, as explained in the EPI Issue Brief Rights Make Might—Ensuring workers’ rights as a strategy for economic growth "

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