Wrong News by SOMO / ICN "Captured by Cotton. Exploited Dalit girls produce garments in India for European and US markets" . by. SOMO
I was shocked to see the wrong news being published by the SOMO / ICN.
It just complains about factories even for their right things.
As a start I'm putting my comments here. Sure lot of comments are pumping up from lot of people & will post the realities.
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I'm surprised to see the arguments of SOMA on the way the workers spend their money.
Its the earning of the workers & they can spend it on their own. They can buy clothes, land or they can give to their family.
Thats all dependent on the wish of the worker. What the factory can do on that?
Dowry is prohibited as per Indian Law. If SOMA found dowry is still existing, what the factory can do on that?
It has to be taken to the Government. Not with the factory.
Factory can't be held responsible for the dowry or the girls marriage.
What you require from the factory? That only SOMO / ICN should ask them. Like
1) Minimum wages should be paid
2) No child labour
3) Labour Laws of the Naation where the factory is existing is met.
4) What else is required...
I had a discussion with a social worker in Tirupur and he told me the shocking news.
Also it is very cruel by the SOMO that it is trying to create a Caste / religion issue in the textile field. Daliths were doing only low level jobs including cleaning toilets. Now the textile industry is giving them equal opportunities along with all other caste workers and giving same wages. By this way their symbol of low rated jobs are now getting started abolished. Atleast this will reduce the symbol in atleast 2decades. There is NO difference in the treatement of those dalith workers in textile field at all. But this SOMO / ICN creating unwanted problems & the clients starting to reduce orders. By this way thefactories are going to have very less or NO orders and they have no other go except shutting down the factories. This will end up with lot of unemployment issue & the consequences will be terrible.
The negative mentality of the SOMO will lead to creating huge unemployment
Then the dalith workers will go back to their lower jobs like Cleaning toilets etc..
I was shocked to see the wrong news being published by the SOMO / ICN.
It just complains about factories even for their right things.
As a start I'm putting my comments here. Sure lot of comments are pumping up from lot of people & will post the realities.
________________________________________________
I'm surprised to see the arguments of SOMA on the way the workers spend their money.
Its the earning of the workers & they can spend it on their own. They can buy clothes, land or they can give to their family.
Thats all dependent on the wish of the worker. What the factory can do on that?
Dowry is prohibited as per Indian Law. If SOMA found dowry is still existing, what the factory can do on that?
It has to be taken to the Government. Not with the factory.
Factory can't be held responsible for the dowry or the girls marriage.
What you require from the factory? That only SOMO / ICN should ask them. Like
1) Minimum wages should be paid
2) No child labour
3) Labour Laws of the Naation where the factory is existing is met.
4) What else is required...
I had a discussion with a social worker in Tirupur and he told me the shocking news.
Also it is very cruel by the SOMO that it is trying to create a Caste / religion issue in the textile field. Daliths were doing only low level jobs including cleaning toilets. Now the textile industry is giving them equal opportunities along with all other caste workers and giving same wages. By this way their symbol of low rated jobs are now getting started abolished. Atleast this will reduce the symbol in atleast 2decades. There is NO difference in the treatement of those dalith workers in textile field at all. But this SOMO / ICN creating unwanted problems & the clients starting to reduce orders. By this way thefactories are going to have very less or NO orders and they have no other go except shutting down the factories. This will end up with lot of unemployment issue & the consequences will be terrible.
The negative mentality of the SOMO will lead to creating huge unemployment
Then the dalith workers will go back to their lower jobs like Cleaning toilets etc..
