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Working standards and labor laws are different in those countries,e.g. in Germany unions are pretty strong and warehouse workers are better protected (only 2 sh

• murderfs 5y ago
  > warehouse workers are better protected (only 2 shifts are allowed), whereas in Poland those sweatshops run 24/7 I don't understand how mandating inefficiency is protecting workers?
  • simiones 5y ago
    Because human beings have limits beyond which they break, even when they are desperate for money. Low-regulation countries (or corrupt countries, which is equivalent for the corrupters) ignore those limits and achieve efficiency for the rich at the expense of the bodies of the poor.
    • HPsquared 5y ago
      That's why overtime is paid at a higher rate.
      • simiones 5y ago
        Money can't fix this. Many young people think themselves indestructible and roll the dice (without even realizing) by ruining their health for money. This practice must simply be made illegal, except for the most dire of needs (e.g. a surgeon in the middle of an operation can't just clock out). Just like you can't legally sell yourself into slavery or sell your organs, you shouldn't be allowed to sell your health away for a bigger buck like this; and businesses that rely on such practices for their business model should simply be closed down.