#tcot #teaparty #union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot How ‘Corporate Responsibility’ Campaigns Can Actually End Up Hurting Workers http://www.thenation.com/blog/180709/how-corporate-responsibility-campaigns-can-actually-end-hurting-workers After a scathing report revealed evidence of child labor at a supplier factory used by Samsung, the corporation’s damage control kicked into high gear. The firm immediately announced it would halt its business with the Dongguan Shinyang Electronics for now, stating that it had “decided to temporarily suspend business with the factory,” and that this was in line with its “zero tolerance” policy for ethical sourcing. So the moral corrective had been issued on paper. But it did not translate so well for the Chinese workers. The New York Times reported afterward that, according to Shinyang, “the factory was preparing to lay off its 600 workers.” The supplier also blamed the underaged hires on an outside employment agency, rather than Shinyang’s management...