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Parent Article: Disney’s lack of respect for human rights exposed at ISU |
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Disney and sweatshop abuse |
by Nick Berveiler
naberve (nospam) ilstu.edu (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
22 Apr 2001
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Max,
I wrote the article on our protest at ISU against the Disney recruiting and since you asked about credibility, I would have to say that it is unlikely you will find a more reliable source than the NLC who will actually report issues of sweatshop abuse. Disney refuses to talk about the issue. Disney also has a policy of having all employees sign a contract forbidding them from talking about Disney's labor practices. Several of the NLC's reports use information provided by the US dept. of Labor. The latest campaign the NLC had against Disney in 1999 used several Human Rights organizations in China to provide factual information. I think that a lot of times the NLC does not do much more than report facts and testimony. When Charles Kernaghan, the executive director of the NLC, came to ISU last fall he had two women who had worked in a Maquila in Nicaragua and were fired unfairly for supposedly trying to organize a union. To read about the National Labor Committee please go to www.nlcnet.org and under resources and reports you will find specific documentation about the issue. I listed the website in my article and I highly doubt you actually did look on their website.
Next time you criticize an article please e-mail the author so they have the appropriate chance of responding. Before reading criticism on the wal-mart article I did not know to check my own article to see if someone was criticizing me.
Nick Berveiler |
