Word: cambodian
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...thousands of kilometers east of Babi near the southern tip of the Philippines. Like Palembang, Sangir is renowned in the piracy world for producing Indonesia's best sailors. The squat 54-year-old captain has been arrested twice, once in Malaysia when he was busted for smuggling bales of Cambodian marijuana, and once in China. Both times he was released after his bosses bribed the authorities, but he suspects his employers arranged both arrests so they could cut his fee, a common ruse. Choosing a boss is a delicate business, he says: "But sometimes we just take the front money...
...profit company working with the Cambodian typists aims to create work for disabled people and provide a working environment that sets an example for other Cambodian companies,” says MacInnis. “This isn’t a sweatshop. We’ve been assured that it’s a comfortable, professional working environment...
...MacInnis expects $45,000 of the $500,000 to be spent with the Cambodian typists. The remainder will be spent with the company employing Indians...
...Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM), which has led a three-year crusade against the University’s use of sweatshops to produce apparel, has been hotly debating the morality of the Crimson’s decision to employ Cambodian labor, according to PSLM member Benjamin L. McKean...
...While some members feel the paper’s decision represents just another outsourcing move in the increasing trend of globalization, others say they are glad to see that The Crimson and Digital Data Divide are at least trying to provide good wages and good jobs to the Cambodian workers...