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Re: Addressing concerns about Outsourcing LEGO Production
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Date: 
Sun, 9 Jul 2006 07:21:00 GMT
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You can see the VAST differences of the upper class, middle class (executive at
any company, and "working class" which work in assembly lines.
Mexico has its own code of conduct, regardless of any international conventions.
Ultimately, no matter where TLC decides to manufacture its product, its up
to TLC as to who they hire and what code of conduct they enforce on their
plants and workers. They can enforce their quality standards on even the
cheapest workers.



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  Re: Addressing concerns about Outsourcing LEGO Production
 
(...) Jonathan, I dont know what kind of experience you have working abroad. I worked for them for 3 years in Mexico, and it was not until an American Manager was sent down to get things fixed, after firing 75% of the "work" force (in my (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)

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  Re: Addressing concerns about Outsourcing LEGO Production
 
(...) Mexico is a country where people working an assembly line, such as many "maquiladoras" found in the Northern States that border the US, make about the hourly wage of a person in the States (in a similar position), but in a day. So instead of (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)

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