Stories about Labor from June, 2006
India: Outsourcing the Blog
Much of venom directed towards India seems to be the idea that outsourcing to India results in job losses in the US. Workbench decides outsorce the blog to India for a week. Hope this results in a healthier dialogue! “As a technology writer and programmer, I'm facing competition in both...
Bangladesh: Labour, hazardous industries and the market rationale
Shobak: Outsider Asians on Bangladesh and the shipbreaking industry. “In 1992, The Economist revealed a memo written by the World Bank's former chief economist Lawrence Summers. The memo discussed the economic rationale for “encouraging more migration of dirty industries” to Less Developed Countries (LDC)”
India: Women and the Workforce
Being a woman in India on women, labour and the government. The laws governing women in the organized labour force are surprisingly archaic, and are not very adequate to ensure justice at the workplace either.
Ukraine: Video of Farmers’ Hard Work
Stefan of Dykun writes about the hard labor of Ukrainian farmers and posts a video of Pidhajtsi “men loading sacks of processed wheat flour into their wagons and tractors.”
Ukraine: A Trip to Lugansk
Stephan Clark of Everybody I Love You writes about his visit to Lugansk, a “city was more visibly Soviet than any other I’ve yet visited in Russia and Ukraine.”
Romania: Streetcleaners in Brasov
Romerican writes on a dilemma he was faced with after a brief encounter with a family of friendly Roma streetcleaners in Brasov, Romania.
Cambodia: Return to Cambodia
Ray Zepp returns to Cambodia after a gap of two years and talks about the changes he encounters.
