I heard only part of the broadcast of Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory while in the car today. I am hoping the full MP3 will appear in the archive soon. (Jan 9, 2012 – I see that there is now a PLAY button that will play the full hour of the radio show. I have now heard all that I had previously missed.)

I have had conversations with friends from India and Viet Nam about the very question that comes up at the end of this broadcast. Melding in my original feelings and what I think I have learned from them is the following reaction as to what to do about the problem.

It is not up to us to tell the workers in these countries what conditions are good for them. I think the ultimate solution is to make sure the workers themselves have a voice about their own working conditions. We should promote the freedom of the workers to form unions. The United States and the US labor unions should do everything they can do to encourage the rights of workers to form unions (and this encouragement applies to our own country as well). We citizens should exercise whatever influence we have over the companies and our government to see that union rights and union organizers’ rights are protected.

March 17, 2012.

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