SOCI 142gm Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles
SOCI142 Week 7 (Thursday)
● Capitalism
o Focusing on the way our economy is organized
● Bonacich and Appelbaum – Behind the Label
o Distribution of the proceeds (US) – Production process
o Cost
▪ $100 dress – how much it costs
▪ $50 Retailer – stores where it is being sold
● retailers have gotten bigger and with this size, there is more and
more power and leverage
● more competitive
o competition drives prices down
o still want to increase profits by drivng down their costs
can go to the aufaturer ad say we wat these ites
ut at a lower prie
▪ $35 manufacturer
● 22.50 fabric
● 12.50 profit and overhead
o manufactorur can search the world to get their product at
a better price
▪ $15 contractor – production: hire workers
● $6 workers
o Overseas production
▪ Wages
▪ Working conditions
● Constant speed up
● Workers are required to work more for a lower wage
● Bangladesh garment industry
o Clothing for Disney, Sears, Walmart
o An army officer inspects damage at a factory in Bangladesh where at least 112
people died over the weekend in a fire. November 2012
▪ They keep it locked to prevent theft
● Dhaka, Bangladesh
o 1,129 workers killed, April 2013
o the workers warned the owners that there were cracks but they did nothing
about it
o employ 4,000,000 people and most are women
o these jobs are an important way for women to gain economic independence
o dramatic impact of gender relations
● Creating and enforcing laws: wages and working conditions
o Human trafficking
o Thai workers – El Monte 1995
● Asian Pacific American Legal Center
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Document Summary
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