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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 05:32 PM
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Mattel (Asia) provides free lunches for employees, subsidizes housing and
The food is routinely TESTED for safety :) How odd..

This is from a pdf file (sorry) spelling out an audit of the asian facilities.. There are some very interesting things in it..

I wonder how long they will stay there if people here quit buying their toxic toys :)


mattel sure "seems" to be bending over backwards to keep their Asian workforce happy..

http://www.icca-corporateaccountability.org/PDFs/IndependentMonitoringofUS..MIMCOAuditReport12-09-99.pdf
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 05:43 PM
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1. That sounds like socialism to me... How come they can't pull themselves up by their own bootstraps?
Asia's got a lot going for it right now. Has for some time. Thanks to US multinational corporations.

"Build a Barbie(tm) and we'll support you for life. Even if you do use lead paint, it's cool with us."
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TygrBright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 06:28 PM
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2. And how do they treat their US factory workers? Whaddaya mean, 'what US factory workers'? n/t
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 06:29 PM
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3. Why don't they just pay them decent wages and let them lead their lives?
What's with this paternalism? Isn't that the way it used to work in the mines? You lived in company housing and bought your food at the company store and never made enough to leave.
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