Comments on: Walmart’s Bolivian Greenwashing http://gaviero.net/2011/01/05/walmarts-bolivian-greenwashing/ News from Bolivia, and elsewhere. Sat, 19 May 2012 05:48:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: donflan http://gaviero.net/2011/01/05/walmarts-bolivian-greenwashing/#comment-7051 donflan Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:04:46 +0000 http://gaviero.net/?p=728#comment-7051 That's the classic strategy: "we do our best to ensure that our many international suppliers live up the agreements we have made with them...." The fundamental question that needs to be asked is "does Wal-Mart believe that it is appropriate for laborers to be paid less than one-half of one percent of the retail price of a garment for its production? And is that a living wage?" They know the price point they will sell at, and they know the costs of the materials, since generally they ship those in through some tax-free "free-trade" zone, so it isn't as if they can't figure out what the laborers are being paid.... Where the hell are you these days? And, one post isn't exactly "Gaviero is back..." That’s the classic strategy: “we do our best to ensure that our many international suppliers live up the agreements we have made with them….” The fundamental question that needs to be asked is “does Wal-Mart believe that it is appropriate for laborers to be paid less than one-half of one percent of the retail price of a garment for its production? And is that a living wage?” They know the price point they will sell at, and they know the costs of the materials, since generally they ship those in through some tax-free “free-trade” zone, so it isn’t as if they can’t figure out what the laborers are being paid….

Where the hell are you these days? And, one post isn’t exactly “Gaviero is back…”

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