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Why is Rosa doing Annies Job?
  • By Henry Ward

2
Annies Profile
  • Annie is married with 2 children.
  • Annie is currently unemployed.
  • Annie is a skilled sewing machinist. But she is
    now looking for a job outside the clothing
    business.
  • Annie lives in Cheshire, UK.
  • Annie used to work for Dewhirst Fabrics.
  • At one time 90 of Dewhirst Fabrics trade was
    with MS.

3
Rosas Profile
  • Rosa is 16, and she left her home village 5
    months ago.
  • She now works in a factory with 500 other
    machinists.
  • Rosa has moved because her village is 310 miles
    away from Manila.
  • Manila is the capital of the Philippines.
  • Rosa sews clothing for a living. She works for
    Manila Fabrics, 6 days a week.
  • She earns 4 for a 12-hour day and is struggling
    to live.

4
Dewhirst Fabrics
  • To survive, Dewhirst Fabrics has now moved its
    production overseas, where costs are cheaper.
  • Dewhirst Fabrics in Cheshire closed in 2000.
  • The factory had made jackets, skirts, and
    trousers for MS.

5
Marks Spencer
  • In 1990, 75 of clothes sold in MS were made in
    the U.K. Now its only 30 and still dropping
  • MS needs to keep its prices lower, so more of
    its clothes are made in LEDCs like the
    Philippines.
  • MS profits were steadily dropping for years and
    their stockholders were getting annoyed.
  • But now, MS clothes are cheaper, sales are
    increasing and the company is rising in profit.

6
The U.K Work Conditions
  • The U.K is an MEDC.
  • Most solid employment is now founded in tertiary
    quaternary industry.
  • There are very stringent minimum wage laws,
    making workers expensive.
  • People are not desperate and will not work for
    tiny amounts of money.
  • Office/Factories are healthier and safer.
  • Health and Safety laws make workplaces safe.

7
The Philippines Working Conditions
  • The Philippines is an LEDC.
  • People still work in primary/ secondary industry
    which make less money.
  • There are less laws on Safety, Wages, Child
    Labour etc.
  • Companies are more free and corrupt and workers
    are treated badly.
  • Pay is much less and work is harder and more
    dangerous.

8
Why did Dewhirst close British branches?
  • As we can see, Dewhirst were wise (from a
    business perspective) to close the British
    branches.
  • The labour in LEDCs is a lot cheaper.
  • This way they can make a bigger profit themselves.

9
Why are Dewhirst buying clothes for MS from
Manila Fabrics Inc?
  • Dewhirst are now buying clothes from Manila
    Fabrics Inc. in the Philippines and selling them
    to MS.
  • Manila Fabrics get cheap labour from people like
    Rosa.
  • This way all the companies ranging Manila
    Fabrics, Dewhirst Fabrics and then MS make
    bigger profits.

10
So, Why is Rosa doing Annies Job?
  • The reason is because companies exploit the
    workers in LEDCs for their own benefit.
  • Because they can pay less to workers. There costs
    are reduced, which increases profit.
  • Annie and other workers were costing more money
    for their work.
  • Now however, they are making use of the
    desperation and under-development of these LEDCs.

11
Examples of other REAL exploitation.
  • Nike Nike has been criticized for contracting
    with factories that allegedly use sweatshop
    labour in countries such as China, Vietnam,
    Indonesia and Mexico. The company has been
    subject to much critical coverage of the often
    poor working conditions and exploitation of cheap
    overseas labour employed in the free trade zones
    where their goods are typically manufactured.
    Sources of this criticism include Naomi Klein's
    book No Logo and Michael Moore's documentaries.
  • Nike has been criticised for the working
    conditions and production methods in the overseas
    factories with which it contracts.
  • These campaigns have been taken up by many
    college and universities, especially
    anti-globalisation groups as well as several
    anti-sweatshop groups such as the United Students
    Against Sweatshops.

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My View
  • I feel that the current recurring system is
    an unfair one. Both sides are adversely affected.
    More and more unemployed people appear in MEDCs,
    while more and more very bad, laborious jobs
    appear in the LEDCs. People in the LEDCs are
    exploited. But in some ways, it benefits the
    poorer people in giving them jobs (however bad).
    Solving the problem is very difficult though.
    Doing as much as possible to help the problem is
    the best course of action. Fair-trade and Child
    protection laws can do something to please both
    sides of the problem.
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