WMS 187 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, North American Free Trade Agreement
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One of the reasons is trade agreements -- easy for capital/factories to move. Us $ are worth more in other countries so you can pay people less for doing the same work. H&m, gap, etc. in bangladesh where the wages are sh. 32 an hour. Triangle shirtwaist fire in greenwich village in ny. Corporations regulate their image just enough to make you feel okay about their brand. Trump says ending nafta will bring us manufacturing jobs back. Instead of suggesting we go back to the 1950s, he should say that the service industry is hugely popular so we should focus on making those jobs much better. So people can live decent lives without earning huge incomes. Sanctioning changing food prices for locals/make nations that produce food make feeding their own populations the first priority before shipping out ag products for more $ Nafta is about moving capital not moving labor (people/jobs) Historically situated projects in which human bodies/social structures are organized.
