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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 02:35 PM
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How many support buying products from companies using slave/sweat shop labor?
If buying from companies that use sweatshop labor or human trafficking is bad then Toyota should be boycotted by everyone here.

Toyota: Auto Industry Race to the Bottom

The Toyota You Don’t Know
The Race to the Bottom in the Auto Industry
June 2008
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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 02:36 PM
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1. Kick and rec.
Thanks for the links.
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mokawanis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 02:37 PM
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2. kick
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Greybnk48 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 02:39 PM
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3. kick
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mrreowwr_kittty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 02:39 PM
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4. Wow. We have got to save the UAW! nt
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 02:48 PM
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5. Does $1.50/hr in Mexico count as sweatshop labor?
Does $1.50/hr on an auto-assembly line in Toluca, Mexico count as sweatshop labor?
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Ioo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 02:53 PM
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8. Yes - I know a lot of "parts" for cars "made in the usa" are made there.
My mother use to be a truck driver, and would haul them
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 02:51 PM
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6. I agree but boycott all companies using sweatshop labor. See link below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweatshops
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Ioo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 02:52 PM
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7. Thank god I do not own a Toyota.
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 02:54 PM
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9. K&R
:kick:
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 02:54 PM
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10. K&R
It is the same in every industry, anybody thinking where this all leads?
:kick: & R
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