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By Slave labour is alive and well (anonymous) | Posted May 16, 2009 at 12:04:53

Ryan writes: The agreements are coupled with dogmatic neoliberal constraints on the ability of governments to set and enforce environmental and labour standards for manufactured goods moving across borders.


Is it not the government that accepted or implememted these constraints? Who is behind these constraints? I just read an article in which the US has now put a lawyer who represents one of the largest most powerful corporations, who is deemed as one of the worst polluters in charge of the environment.

I guess from where I sit, it is the corporations that are in charge, the people, the workers do not have much of a voice. Somehow it is not fair or realistic that the voices of these powerful corporations have the final say and that governments have failed to duly represent the people.

I agree that we should be working for raising both labour and environmental standards but the reality is that the voices of the people have been silenced for the most part.





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