Keeping Track of Outsourcing and Labor Law Violations
Working America has created a website (JobTracker) that allows consumers to locate outsourcers and companies with recent labor law violations by zip code. Within a 50 mile radius of my zip code in Little Rock, 4 companies are currently listed as outsourcers by the website: Franklin Pumps, Inc., Molex, Inc., Kimberly-Clark Corp., and Storeroom Solutions. Sixteen companies are reported as having violations of the National Labor Relations Act. Although names and specific details are omitted, dates of settlements and types of settlements as well as fines levied are reported. OSHA violations are also listed, and some are as serious as not providing fall protection for workers in construction. Data sources for the site include relevant US government data as well as the CNN Exporting America list, and state/local media outlets.
Conscious consumers may wish to use this site as a sort of ethical companion to the Better Business Bureau. Regardless of position on outsourcing, most consumers want to spend their money at businesses that practice ethical hiring and management practices as well as good safety.
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