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    Posted: 23 Jun 05 at 1:30pm

Does this look like a sweat shop to anyone else?

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looks very much like a sail loft with people working in it to me
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no not at all like a sweet shop more like a sail loft like u said

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Post Options Post Options   Quote carshalton fc Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Jun 05 at 1:41pm
yer it does look like a sail loft but i sort of get what you mean strawberry
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Post Options Post Options   Quote tgruitt Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Jun 05 at 1:48pm

Originally posted by Ginger_69

no not at all like a sweet shop more like a sail loft like u said

dont really look like a sweet shop either!

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What are you on about? It looks great and its air conditioned. You want to see a real sweat shop

The Caption for this photo read " The women in this African garment factory look tired and most likely they are. The temperature in this very crowded workplace is very high – there is no air conditioning – and in the winter is terribly cold. They are sitting on hard wooden benches with no back support."

There are worse where wages are appalling and workers are almost enslaved (by being forced to live on-site to keep their job, being forced to pay for the dormitory accomodation and for instance having pay deducted for using the toilet rolls!.

I regret the way that manufacturing of all types is drifting away from these shores, but  I'd check a few facts before slinging mud at a firm who have apparently done a good job for their staff.

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Wow, how to piss off alot of people really quickly in one easy step.

Ok, so it's not a REALLY bad sweat shop, but it's still eering that way. Maybe not a full blown sweat shop. Can we call it a half sweat shop?

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Uh i thought usually employees all work in the same place! they are actually choosing to work there and are being paid  , hence not even worth a half maybe a quater sweat shop
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Post Options Post Options   Quote ssailor Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Jun 05 at 2:28pm
Oh hang on on closer examination theres a laser sail on the table and knowing how much they cost maybe it is hahaha
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