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...following day, however, the Boston Globe ran an article charging The Crimson with hypocrisy because it advocated a “living wage” for Harvard workers while outsourcing work to Cambodia...
...Both MacInnis and the owner of Digital Data Divide, Jeremy Hockenstein, deny any hypocrisy and say that the working conditions offered in Cambodia would meet any American worker’s expectations...
...MacInnis says The Crimson went overseas because of the wage differentials and found that the Cambodia-based non-profit not only met the financial needs of The Crimson but also provided a service to Cambodians...
...Digital Data Divide was founded to bring high-tech jobs to Cambodia and to try to bring Cambodians closer to the Internet, according to Hockenstein. The Crimson’s archives are the company’s first major project...
...Digital Data Divide’s workers are paid $2.40 for a six-hour day. The poverty line in Cambodia is less than fifty cents per capita per day in Phnom Penh, according to the World Bank. The company employs up to a dozen workers on two six hour shifts, for a total of 30 hours a week, compared to the standard 12 hour shifts common in Phnom Penh’s factories...