THOUGHTS- In this world we are blessed with people. I spent last night with my good friend Sarah who is amazing and tonight I had a party with some old friends from a work place. I decided to have a catch up paryt and really didn't organize too much as I hadn't planned on many people coming but in the end I ran out of chairs and they were all awesome. It reminded me of how great people can be. It also got me thinking about how much we take people for granted. And while I am very passionate about animal rights I also acknowledge that humans are still fighting for their own rights.
Part of what is great about the shop that I work in is that we stock alot of fair trade products. What is Fair Trade? I hear you ask?
This is how the Fair Trade Association explains it.
Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. By requiring companies to pay sustainable prices, Fairtrade addresses the injustices of conventional trade, which traditionally discriminates against the poorest, weakest producers. It enables them to improve their position and have more control over their lives
What are the conditions like? Well here's a few facts about Nike.
Indonesian workers make $2.46 a day
10,000 Indonesians went on strike to protest wages that are below subsistence level.
"If I don't work overtime, I can't survive," says Baltazar at PT Hasi Nike factory in Jakarta. He works an average of 40 overtime hours a week.
Vietnamese workers make $l.60 a day
1,300 workers at the Sam Yang factory went on strike to demand a one cent per hour raise in wages. Other issues include excessive and illegal overtime and compensation for working with hazardous material.
Chinese workers make $1.75 a day
There is no minimum wage in China and when abuses are discovered, the whole factory disappears. "The supervisors will get nervous and move the work to another province. It's impossible to monitor factory conditions," says Asia Monitor Resource Center in Hong Kong.
You pay over $100 for shoes that cost less than five dollars to make.
As a consumer, you can change Nike's unfair labor practices.
Write: NIKE Inc.
One Bowerman Drive
Beaverton, OR 97005
10,000 Indonesians went on strike to protest wages that are below subsistence level.
"If I don't work overtime, I can't survive," says Baltazar at PT Hasi Nike factory in Jakarta. He works an average of 40 overtime hours a week.
Vietnamese workers make $l.60 a day
1,300 workers at the Sam Yang factory went on strike to demand a one cent per hour raise in wages. Other issues include excessive and illegal overtime and compensation for working with hazardous material.
Chinese workers make $1.75 a day
There is no minimum wage in China and when abuses are discovered, the whole factory disappears. "The supervisors will get nervous and move the work to another province. It's impossible to monitor factory conditions," says Asia Monitor Resource Center in Hong Kong.
You pay over $100 for shoes that cost less than five dollars to make.
As a consumer, you can change Nike's unfair labor practices.
Write: NIKE Inc.
One Bowerman Drive
Beaverton, OR 97005
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Around the world, millions of people are living in bondage. They labor in fields and factories under brutal employers who threaten them with violence if they try to escape. They work in homes for families that keep them virtually imprisoned. They are forced to work as prostitutes or to beg in the streets, fearful of the consequences if they fail to earn their daily quota. They are women, men, and children of all ages, and they are often held far from home with no money, no connections, and no way to ask for help.
This is modern slavery, a crime that spans the globe, providing ruthless employers with an endless supply of people to abuse for financial gain. Human trafficking is a crime with many victims: not only those who are trafficked, but also the families they leave behind, some of whom never see their loved ones again.
Trafficking has a broad global impact as well. It weakens legitimate economies, fuels violence, threatens public health and safety, shatters families, and shreds the social fabric that is necessary for progress. And it is an affront to our basic values and our fundamental belief that all people everywhere deserve to live and work in safety and dignity.
This is modern slavery, a crime that spans the globe, providing ruthless employers with an endless supply of people to abuse for financial gain. Human trafficking is a crime with many victims: not only those who are trafficked, but also the families they leave behind, some of whom never see their loved ones again.
Trafficking has a broad global impact as well. It weakens legitimate economies, fuels violence, threatens public health and safety, shatters families, and shreds the social fabric that is necessary for progress. And it is an affront to our basic values and our fundamental belief that all people everywhere deserve to live and work in safety and dignity.
There are so many people suffering in our world. It amazes me how people can get so upset over the fact that their computer isn't working when there are places in the world where there are people who will never know what a computer looks like. By purchasing fair trade products you make a stand that says you care and helps third world farmers receive a proper wage.
CHALLENGES-Not being home for two days so my body was begging for something sweet and I know that my body is pretty good at telling me what it needs so I got an organic juice from the fridge at work. No additives just juice.
TRIUMPHS- Still sticking to the diet 33 days in. Also having a party where I didn't drink as much as I normally would have and instead of begging someone to run and get maccas chips I had a potato ready to make my own chips when that craving came.
WHAT I ATE-
BREAKFAST-Home made soy milk, amaranth, multipuffs. 2 Strawberries and 4 blueberries.
SNACKS- Handful of cashews. Energy bar- Apples*, almonds*, agave syrup*, dates*, Cranberry*, sunflower seeds*, Buckwheat*, coconut*, vanilla, cinamon*. (* indicates organic ingredient)
LUNCH- Salad- Lettuce, spinach, rocket, onion and pinto beans.
SNACK- Orange, mango and passionfruit juice.
DINNER- Roast potatoes, orange and white sweet potatoes, 2 garlic cloves, olive oil and rosemary.
LATE NIGHT- Lots of roasted cashews.
Olives, carrot sticks, cucumber sticks.
1/2 avocado
Lentil Sprouts
Bottle of Organic Vegan wine.
1 potato cut into chips and cooked in olive oil.
EXCERCISE-
Thank you for bringing awareness Carolyn xxx
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