POLI 369 Lecture 20: Poli 369 Lecture 20

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 369
• Professor: Erik Kuhonta

Document Summary

Does the export of labor of filipino domestic workers actually. What are the political effects of a large amount of the population working abroad? (cid:1) (cid:1) Argument: political and social rights are most important: higher wages are not worth trade-offs of lower political rights, unsafe conditions, etc. Working conditions are varied depending on the country, corporation, etc. Economic boom late 80s/90s: overall working conditions terrible, workers negatively effected by low working standards, c-gate: Independent report showed workers had high levels of lead in their blood gov"t worked to quiet this report: toy factory: 188 workers died in fire emergency exits blocked. November 26, 2015: since the 90s, thai gov"t has pursued stronger, burma has notoriously used child labor in the standards of regulation construction industry. Problem is role of the state in addressing these issues: sometimes state doesn"t have the strength to address, sometimes the state is directly working w/ corporations the issues. May get kickbacks to not follow regulations.