Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Our Central American Taskforce once had a worker from a Guatemalan maquila that made clothing for major brands come and speak to us about workers' rights. Our group was ready to institute a boycott in support of the workers. She emphasized that that would be the wrong thing to do. If we boycotted the companies and they closed or moved their factories, all of the workers would lose their jobs and their children would starve! She asked us to please publisize the conditions in the workshops and work for unions and better conditions in all factories. So that is what we continue to try to do. Tina On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Yes. Thanks for posting, I have not seen this. > > I have been thinking more about the choices I will be making when shopping > for clothes from now on. Despite the horrors of this, not an easy decision. > Actually, I would like to know what the Bangladeshis themselves think. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On May 9, 2013, at 7:10 AM, Richard Man wrote: > > > In one image: > > > http://lightbox.time.com/2013/05/08/a-final-embrace-the-most-haunting-photograph-from-bangladesh > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com