The Price Of Labour - Thailand

[alamando696]

The Thai society is a very cruel some. Some few are very rich, the rest must fight to have enough food. I know what I am speaking about, my wife is thai. There is a revolution needed in ths feudical country. Democracy and social justice. And it will happen, if not today, then tomorrow. The real troubles will start after the death of the ing!

[daviddoves1]

i need to tell u this as my heart say it all thailand economy look at my predictions called the the new world orderpredictions 18 as i feel u may find it of interest to what is happening now !

[sisterindeed]

Excellent video, very informative and important!! Indeed our clothes and electronics are made in sweatshop conditions all throughout Asia. 1/2 million in Thailand working in electronics...only strong unions ensure that workers are working in dignity and able to take part in the wealth they create. "Better than picking garbage" is not justification for companies to employ workers in crap conditions while preventing unions - like SAMSUNG and TRIUMPH!! Support unions!

[dangermous1968]

the rich will always exploit those that dont have a choice...It's as old as time.

[LabRat6619]

Cheap labour, poor working standards. This happens in England today, don't kid yourself of high standards and great wages here.

Its the SAME all over the world because the COMMON man is Globalised .

Only the bosses make the money, we will never make money, only survive!

[spartacus6839]

Im sorry to say... But maybe the workers of Thailand could swap with the workers of the Philippines. And we will see who  is better off.....

[lizup87]

We are all resposible people frick!! stop passing the buck, if yiour passionate do something to stop it DONT blame someone else, i know i am as much to blame as anyone! i buy cheap products that arent fairly traded and its so wrong but so easy. We all need to suck it upa dn take some resposibility, if you dont buy it, they wont make it!!

[DimsimMaster]

hey i'm thai and can i just say that by buying these cheap copy stuff.. u are actually GIVING PEOPLE in 3rd world country jobs!

[imre1000]

I don't condone what these companies are doing - but if I'd much rather work for them than be a poor farmer or a sex worker in Bangkok.

China got 400 million people out of poverty by building factories & free trade, not by unionising their workforce and imposing restrictions.

[Deschorn]

For a economic to interpret this, we need to follow the fundamental rule: everyone tries to raise ones own materialist gain. Our desires are making us spend more for more stuff, we have finite goods for our infinite wants, this is forcing companies to mass produce to meet demands and still be competitive against others without affecting their own profit; unethically through the poor labour of Asia. Top official are looking after them-self then the welfare of the populace.

[timosha21]

blame the super rich for not sharing their wealth with the world... only trying to get every penny from the average man...

[MikeValentine85]

I dont know why all comments are towards companys and politicians greed?

If there wasnt poor countrys and cheap labour to produce our products we wouldnt have them. Everyone loves there stuff, so dont go saying CEOs have no morals.

[huwgojones]

actually it doesnt cost much to a companies bottom line to increase the amount paid to the companies that produce their products, or to require them to lift their labour standards. There is a general idea that if wages are kept low in certain countries then the standard of living wont increase. If the standard of living and therefor the cost of living increases it will put pressure on manufacturers to increase wages. Then the will just moving their manufacturing to the next poor country.

[XxDarkPatxX]

Thats capitalism for you...

its just terrible

[yellowman88]

thailand is probably going to be the next big asian country that will benefit from the most recent tech boom

[marcoochie10]

then dont sell to the states if they are getting screwed . raise local prices.

[cuiqueiro]

You live in a rich country and you want a cheap TV. A company will get you that TV at the price you want because they are allowed in a capitalist economy. Then a poor country in need will help that company produce that TV at the price you want to pay including a significant profit for the company. As a result hungry people are exploited.

Trivia : Who is responsible?

[lovepeace2you]

Consumer! Consumers make choices every day and mostly think about their immediate interest. No thinking goes to what would cause well-being of others, and ultimately the world.

[homobohemicus]

@cuiqueiro Very unfair assumption.... Yes I am a consumer and I want ever-cheap products but I don't go buy from a brand that would be known to use or abuse its workers. Give us the benefit of doubt. I guess we should go and look closer on your own legislation that will allow these unfair practices regardless. Companies who go on this sad route with the "acceptance" of the local government is a no no but to blame "me" as a consumer is going the wrong way as well.

[kingmafi6699]

@homobohemicus

There is no such things.

In capitalism all workers are essentially exploited. The more labor power a capitalist can milk out of their workers the more productive the factory is.

There is no way out of this reality. Whenever you buy anything assembled at a factory it is essentially built by exploited and underpaid workers.

[homobohemicus]

@kingmafi6699 Sorry to burst your bubble but there are very bif differences and variations in terms of protection, labourlaws in different countries. This Union mentality is so pase! I work in HR and I can be a bit certain of what Im talking about. so buying ANYTHING would mean products of exploited people is rather far fetched

[cuiqueiro]

If you live in a rich country and you want a cheap TV set, a company will get it for you at the price you want because they operate in a capitalist world. Then some poor country in need, including its government, will produce that TV you want at the price you want.

Trivia : Who's responsible?

[nitrostateteam]

Those in power are motivated by greed and not the wellbeing of there own kind.

"Nearly all people can stand adversity, but if you want to test a person's character, give them power". Abraham Lincoln.

[fu3ar25]

Thai people are so repressed but at least this lot have a job

you wanna see the 5 yr old Thai boxers fighting for food

Thai People are so nice as well its heartbreaking

[chizzy555]

goes to show you, ceo's do whatever they can get away with, no morals whatsoever

[BonesJuly]

Hello.

[b4ptist]

the bad thing is i'm watching this on a samsung moniter

[cdnsweetiepie1]

The governments are just as much to blame, why are they not protecting their citizens from corporate exploitation? Payoffs probably, this is modern day slavery! Where are the big unions trying to make their lives better??

[nitrostateteam]

The problem is these people dont have the protection in the form of organised unions. Corruption in these countries is the norm..Bribes are the way business is done and hence unionism is suppressed. Dont get me wrong, unions can also be just as corrupt...but without them workers will always suffer. Anyone or anything that suffers needs some type of organised support, be it animals being mistreated, 500 YO forests being logged or a cheap labour force...organised support..these people need unions.

[cdnsweetiepie1]

And not having to pay business tax? that's absolutely digusting, and these companies are making huge profits, and the executives get millions..disgusting!!!

[nitrostateteam]

IMO...the Unions are the only ones who keep the system fair and safe, otherwise every worker everywhere would be used & abused. On one side there are the Companies and on the other side there are the Unions and its a balancing act. No unions and it all comes crashing down and visa versa. The Companies lobby for no unions and pay politicians to outlaw & curtail them. I own a company and have several businesses yet I believe every worker should join a union and then stand up for their rights. Stu.

[VALsacount2]

So that's why samsung are shit quality.

[fallen7heart]

someone go throw a rock at samsung

[racenemo]

@fallen7heart It is not Samsung alone it is a tendency

All companies use people like objects.

People have NO way to fight this modern slavery

[fallen7heart]

@racenemo then we better get more rocks. lol

[CohanDigitmatta]

same old story.

white people with a guilt complex and too much time on their hands, further exploiting them for air time to advance their own careers.

[the99sea]

@CohanDigitmatta i thumb u down by accident, was going to thumb up

[HarleyStcool]

along time ago you could live off the land, but no more, now you need money or die, people who say money is a bad thing are stupid. money also buys freedom...

[Gerard300349024]

wow if u think about it if those factories weren't there they would probably starve so they're practically giving them jobs and they work for low pay because it's business buy low sell high and also working for those low pays is still better than being a prostitute

[IntelektAUS]

this is a debate so many people have.

In a country that doesnt have a strong enough economy to look after their citizens, local labour from outsourced manufacturers is better than nothing. If 90% of your country is below the poverty line, you'd probably be thankful for a source of food no matter how hard you have to work for it.

The question here isnt weather or not these companys are sourcing cheap labour, its weather or not they are willing to pay a reasonable living wage to their employees

[Gerard300349024]

thats what I was thinking and in an another perspective is say your broke, homeless, jobless. you have these jobs that they will hire anyone, even for little but u get to eat at least once a day

[IntelektAUS]

economics is a funny thing... you can justify that the curve of suply and demand determins the price of everything, wages included... so if more people are looking for work than work is available, this type of thing will always happen. Countries like this require laws and unions to protect thier workers, however, if you stand up for your basic human rights, and deman a reasonable living wage,they can simply find someone who is willing to undercut your rate for the chance of feeding their family

[brradsullivan]

no if those factories werent there the local industries and economies those factories wiped out would still be thriving and the people would be able to make an honest living. all human beings have the same needs yet we feel its ok to make some people work as slaves for next to nothing so the rest of us can swim in consumer goods, its sick and within our lifetime asia will become an economic super power and we will be making goods for them (as current trends show ofcourse)

[Gerard300349024]

actually no, they're not even working as slaves they work in a factory ppl work in factories all over the world, and if they had none of those factories ppl would be starving or homeless I say they should make factories all over to help homeless problem and a caddy is an even worse job so they shouldn't complain

[brradsullivan]

@Gerard300349024 ...getting paid anything below a respectable living wage is slavery...and the assertion that factories help to liberate people is insulting, do you really think that before western industrialization in asia that everyone was just sitting around starving??? you fucking retard give your head a shake, asian culture is thousands of years older then ours, they have been thriving forever without us and only now are they suffering, we are the problem not them. you embarrass yourself

[Gerard300349024]

lol what do u mean they're culture is older than mine im practically asian and if u say getting payed less than a living wage is slave than their not slaves bcuz they're living with what they're getting and we are not the problem because they are not forced to work there now are they just like i dont have to be a prostitute if u dont want to work in a factory go to school and get a job

[brradsullivan]

they dont have schools, there arent any other jobs they have all been pushed out of the area so the locals are forced to work in the factories...they're living with that wage because they have to, corruption is rampant the local governments are controlled by the corporations, they take bribes, pass laws, hire state soldiers as union breakers, its all out civil war...dont ever compare yourself to these people you couldnt image how bad it is, the corporations decide everything even who they marry

[Gerard300349024]

well i guess they should move than if its like what u describe bcuz of course u kno evrything about that country

[brradsullivan]

well not everything but i do have an undergrad in asian history....they cannot move they have no means too, what needs to happen is people in western countries such as you and me need to refuse to purchase products manufactured in asia, this is the only way to solve the problem the vice is that there is nothing north americans love more then cheap goods even if they were made at the expense of others

[ikamico]

If we were able to organize ourselves and completely boycott Asian goods that would not help them. Those companies would then cut back or even close down. I'm not praising those companies by any means, but low pay is still better than no pay at all. It is difficult to moderate companies in different countries, the problem of jobs moving to developing worlds and abused, under-payed workers will only escalate. Only then when the whole world addresses the issue together could we unite to fix it.

[brradsullivan]

@ikamico ...well the first thing that would happen is the companies would improve the working conditions of the labourers, they would actually be able to afford the products they were manufacturing and a new middle class would be born (this is how the west was created), yes some companies would go elsewhere in search of cheap labour but this would open a window for locally owned business to compete in a fair market. people should never accept the status quo, democracy is taken not given

[mrvladtepes]

let's move manufacturing back to western countries with their human rights and high wages and such which of course will be passed on down to the consumer with the insatiable appetite for everylittle techno gizmo that comes along cause we need that boom boom pow, that boom boom pow on our ipods everyday. gotta get that boom boom pow, that boom boom pow

[Armandmtl]

The solution seems simple; stop buying said products in protest. The question is: do we care enough about our fellow human beings to deprive ourselves of cheaply manufactured goods, be it only temporarily?

The level at which the rich exploit the poor has not decreased at all, it has only gotten more insidious.

[IntelektAUS]

id like to agree with you, however, in times of economic crisis, even the wealthier countries are taking a huge impact on the average persons lifestyles. I always buy the best I can, but I cant even afford to buy free range eggs and organic meats and vegitables... you can only do the best you can.

I may have a higher pay than the average person globally, but I'm in the most expensive city in the world to live in, and it certainly doesnt help that I require technology that expires to work.

[haha48]

everything in thailand is cheap too.. food rent.. ect..

[jmewho]

women ;)

[haha48]

they buy you drinks there its kind of weird...

[jmewho]

awesome!..free drinks...and free STDs...score!

[xyz49271]

Its the same story worldwide Thai labourers are horribly underpaid but with a monthly minimum wage of 6,000 baht they are still better off than their compatriots in China, Viet Nam Burma or Laos were wages are half that of Thailand. To the labourers I say โชคดีนะ เราสนับสนุนคุณ และ มีเห็นใจ มากๆ

[LeCutter]

The world is overpopulated as is. An overabundance of people - unskilled and uneducated - means cheap labor. It's simple supply and demand. if ditch diggers made as much as neurosurgeons who the hell would dig ditches anymore? Living in a utopia where we're all equal is just a silly liberal dream.

[haha48]

@LeCutter I would dig a ditch,.. its easyer to do then neurosurgeon... thats what would happen if everyone made the same no one would want to do any hard job..

[stewballmax3]

What is needed for this very brave protest is a song to go along with it to bring awareness to these worker's plights for fair wages and decent conditions...which they clearly don't have.

[zelareka]

try unions when there is no money and see where that will get you, unions did not create our middle class, it was the increase on productivity

[wgradcliffe]

I think the void between rich and poor is growing. To say we can do nothing about it is incorrect though. That's the sort of attitude that keeps the people down, everyone needs to show some balls and stand their ground. Then it's us who has them by the short and curlies and not vice versa as it is now.

[wgradcliffe]

Don't confuse "wanting" to work and "needing" to work. We all have to work because that's the way the world is. These people need money as a means of survival but it doesn't mean they should be taken advantage of and treated so poorly by the rich. It's the same principle in the rest of the world. I live in Canada, when I can find work it's back breaking labour and the money I make barely allows me to get by. I don't have a pot to piss in.

[thejeffedwards]

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[morgantim13]

bro these people want to work, working for any money is better than not working at all, you are all so nieve, sitting on your computer all healthy and happy, with money in your back pocket.

[Bulmer39]

I agree, they would have no income if it weren't for these companies. It's either long hours of work or nothing. The security guard at my work does 12 hours a day, 6 days a week and never complains, he's one of the happiest guys there and it's No Frills, a food chain of stores in Canada.

[22ntzs22]

@bwmcmaste the circumstances are probably different

[jakob0815]

capitalism at work...

[rube0075]

big corporations always are going to take advantage of the poor.. its better to live poor out side the city than work for those bastards..its the same story in all the poor countries.. in Mexico big corp. disappear after some years .. they just change the name of the company and keep working .. the dont want to pay the money they owe to the poor people..its sad but there is nothing u can do.. unless you are a millionare or a politic...

[spydog50]

dont ever call me stupid again you better understand english before making a coment stop complaining and get to work lol

[MehganFox]

fat lady in background with glasses is so happy to be in debt 6:04

[osmat1]

Corparations allways put the employes in bondage and make us slaves it is a very unequal system in usa

[ViETTGT]

If that guy was working in America and cut off half his foot he would be a millionaire.

[spydog50]

dont feel bad we starve in canada to

[brradsullivan]

.....no we dont

[skulldriveshaft]

@brradsullivan people starve in Canada every day... I did...

[brradsullivan]

@skulldriveshaft ....only if they refuse help, Canada is overflowing with so many outreach programs and social resources there is no reason for an able bodied, healthy person to starve. they may struggle and suffer but in the end they will be successful. over 95% of the homeless in Canada that literally starve suffer from severe mental illness. i could quite my job right now and apply for gov subsidized housing and ontario works benefits. i could work two days a week min wage and be fine

[skulldriveshaft]

I didn't refuse help.

Ten years ago it was denied.

Things may or may not have changed since then.

I applaud you for believing in the government of ontario and the outreach programs.

[brradsullivan]

ten years ago mike harris was in power and he gutted alot of the services in ontario leaving ALOT of people out to dry...that being said there are still people who arent really looking for help they are just looking for welfare

[jasonmildward34]

Wow thats crazy the rich says give me more and more money and just say fuck the rest of the world let them starve the Rich people don't work hard 12hr days like these people i know that 100% sick bastards are Totaly unfair to these people..

[BearBoi69]

If you were rich you'd say the same thing. Fuck the poor. We should just melt them down into a cheap fuel for our SUVs.

[beekun807]

If what you are saying was the reality and you were poor,then you would be burning as well and you'd understand their pain.

[BearBoi69]

You misunderstood. I meant, that offensive comment is what the rich think and if you were rich you'd agree.

That said, not all rich are like that. Look at Bill Gates.

[albanianmario]

to jesonmildward34 thats the point of being rich not working hard, seems unfair to you but thats the point of money..im sure u woulden't work hard if u had millions

[jasonmildward34]

YOUR TOTALY WRONG NICE TRY JACKASS.

[martini9799]

great video it call it sweat shops right

[MyMMC]

Love your Docus :-)