New Orleans Walmart has learned so little from the pathetic dissembling they have mastered in trying to push off any responsibility for the hundreds of fiery deaths in their subcontracted sweatshops in Bangladesh and elsewhere that they are now going to use the same tactics to respond to complaints in the United States. Their strategy …
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Padding the Numbers: Seedco in NYC and Gutters in New Orleans
New Orleans Sometimes it comes down to who you know, not what you can do, and in those circumstances when the screws start turning from the City paymasters, the favored few sometimes just start making up shit to save themselves rather than the families they are meant to serve. This week I’ve had to read about …
Apple Scamming Consumers on Sourcing and Worker Conditions
New Orleans Steven Greenhouse reported in the Times that Apple was claiming it was finally going to “come clean” on the real conditions of the work and workplaces of its largely Chinese subcontractors. The reaction from those who understand the real issues and the nature of reviewing compliance with any kind of decent global standards …