Word: laborative
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Sources: Associated Press (2); Bureau of Labor Statistics; CNN; New York Times; Boston Globe; Federal Register; Seattle Times
...being outsourced. Much of The Simpsons is physically drawn in South Korea, while Disney is planning to send some of its work to India, the next great animation hub. So why not Africa? Pictoon employs up to 120 people, depending on the workload, and believes the combination of cheap labor (apprentices are paid $1 a day and Pictoon can produce a 2-D cartoon for about $2,500 a minute, slightly cheaper than in Asia) and proximity to Europe should be attractive to European television networks. "The things we're doing in Asia, we can do here," says cartoonist Will...
...I.O.C. was so captivated by Athens' past that it overlooked the city's present. It had no modern infrastructure, a serious domestic-terrorism problem, a limp economy and a labor force best described as mercurial. Indeed, three years after winning its bid for the Games, Athens had accomplished nothing in terms of venue construction, security or strategic planning. In April 2000, Juan Antonio Samaranch, then president of the I.O.C., described Athens as the worst organizational crisis in his 20-year career...
...counter the accusations of protectionism, farmers point out that U.S. safety, labor and environmental rules are tougher than those in most foreign markets--making American-produced goods more expensive. Pesticide use is more restricted in the U.S. than in many foreign countries. Child labor is forbidden. And inspectors keep closer tabs on whether fields have toilets and hand-washing facilities. Last November three people died and 600 became ill with hepatitis A from unsanitary Mexican scallions at a Pennsylvania restaurant. Likewise, hundreds have fallen ill over the past decade after eating Mexican cantaloupes and strawberries and Guatemalan raspberries. "Americans prefer...
...late 1990s, Florida farmers sent an undercover video crew to Mexico to document sanitary and pesticide violations and child labor. The expose became known on Capitol Hill as the "Mexican death tape." But today several activists have grown quieter, charging that grocery chains are retaliating by canceling orders. "The markup is so outrageous, they don't want anyone messing with it," says a tomato grower. Luis Rodriguez, a consultant for Florida Farmers Inc., an advocacy group, says he listened in on a conversation in which a Wal-Mart official told a supplier that he planned to stop buying from farmers...