Workers on plantations face long hours, terrible working conditions and most like little or no rights. Once again, Tesco is mentioned in this article. This company lives for low prices which results in a nightmare for workers. Working eighty hours a week still isn't enough for a livable wage. Export Processing Zones are industrial areas as a result free trade zones being put up all over the globe. Most of the time minimum wage is suspended, safety is ignored and union are illegal. It's bad enough being a slave worker but they really crush hopes by not allowing unions. Then again, in many countries where union organizations are allowed, it has done nothing for them. With very little job safety, no medical services or maternity leave, women are most vulnerable to violence and sexual harassment. 80% of workers are women and face discrimination because of it.
http://www.waronwant.org/campaigns/supermarkets
http://www.waronwant.org/overseas-work/sweatshops-and-plantations
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