What do people in other countries need to do to be treated fairly by outsourcing companies? Have you ever thought about the effects large companies such as Marine Atlantic have on labourers on the ship breaking profession? These “transnational” monopoly companies are the only ones benefiting from this, what sustainable prosperity is there when you can’t even afford the food on your table?
Ship breaking is the income for 4,000 people in Alang, India. Marine Atlantic is the main supplier of the vessels the workers are breaking down on this shore. The rusted metal by itself would be enough of a hazard to Canadian workers but Indian workers are force to work with razor sharp steel, toxic waste, and chemical spills just to put scraps of food on the table for their families. These hard worker people only get $2.38 daily; if they get injured they cannot pay to get treatment leading to their families’ starvation. Kamlesh Kumar, an average worker in a ship breaking yard. He wears torn rubber boots, a loose yellow helmet and cheap sunglasses “Risks and danger are better than hunger and poverty”, says Kumar. Kumar relies on his daily wage to feed his wife and six children who live 1,000 miles away. Kumar started working at the yard eight years ago, forced by the lack of farming in is home village. He sends most of his wages back to his family, “I’ve got no other choice but to suffer through this” says Kumar.
Companies usually outsource when a job is too dangerous for the country’s labour laws without being extremely expensive. A cheaper and more efficient option is out sourcing to another country that doesn’t or have less labour laws. Apple outsources their products and their people; their products to China, and their workers from countries ...
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...le in your country could do for profit is not always right; taking jobs from people who need them in your own country. Privatization mainly benefits the rich, and the poor get their needs left behind. Sustainable prosperity is not possible for all unless equal opportunity is found; equal pay, equal rights, equal safety, and equal opportunity.
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“5 Facts About Overseas Outsourcing.” Center for American Progress, Center for American Progress, 9 July 2012,
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Outsourcing has been around for many years. In this paper I will discuss some of the history of outsourcing, the goods things about outsourcing, and the bad things about outsourcing.
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(*The author is a Research Associate at the National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi.The views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Indian Navy or National Maritime Foundation. She can be reached at aditichatterjee111@gmail.com.)
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