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Is Chrysler the "World's Sweatshop"

Thecarconnection.com editorial writer Jerry Flint calls Daimler Chrysler the "World's Sweatshop" because of the company's current campaign to make suppliers match Chinese prices.

(Flint refers to a New York Times series on the subject, but I couldn't find it in my search of the nyt.com site.)

Here's the Flint editorial:

www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=6179&sid=192&n=156
Quoting from Flint's editorial:

"Nice work for Peter Rosenfeld, who is Chrysler’s purchasing chief. You want our American suppliers to match prices from “The World’s Sweatshop.” Do you want them to match working conditions, too? How about death rates among Chinese workers? Do you want those matched, too?"

and

"Another thing, I haven’t noticed that Daimler in Germany, the parent company, has told its suppliers over there to match Chinese prices. You know, Bosch GmbH and Siemens and ZF Friedrichshafen and ThyssenKrupp and Continental AG and Freudenberg and Behr and Benteler and Mahle GmbH. Enough of the names. You get the idea."

and

"Could it be that the Board of Supervisors of Daimler, and every other German company, includes a strong representation from the workers and their unions? That they might not be happy to have their fellow German workers at parts-making plants put out of work because they couldn’t match the sweatshop pay and conditions in China?"

Here Here Jerry!
www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=6179&sid=192&n=156