They need to let the companies know that they can not continue to hidethe problem. Something needs to be done. Consumers must stop supporting these companies. Ifthe consumers keep on ignoring this, then the companies win. Consumers have to start fighting Mueckler 4for those children’s rights because no one else will until someone starts. The children are trappedin a society that encourages this horrible situation. After the consumers get involved, then thecompanies can not ignore their public. They will have to look for another source of economic growth. Without the companies there wanting the children to work, they will be set free fromthese conditions. But we do then face the problem of what the children would do for income. It ishorrible to think that the children have to depend on these jobs to live. Although that is the uglytruth, there has to be a way that these children can get into school where they belong. An evenbetter situation outcome would be that the children could get better wages and workingconditions. That would be the ideal situation. The reasons the companies have for using sweatshops must be considered as well. Weknow that they are feeling pressure to find cheap labor in order to drive up profits. But if theearnings of Michael Eisner are compared to a Haitian worker, as the National Labor Committeestates, “ It would take a Haitian worker sewing Disney garments 156 years to earn what MichaelEisner earned in one hour!” (sec.2) Something needs to be done so that the difference betweenthese wages are not so great. The National Labor Committee provides more horrifying statisticsto think about; “ Disney reported a record 63% increase on its first quarter profits, Disney TVstations reach one out of every four households in the U.S., one out of every four movie ticketssold in the U.S. is for a Disney film or for a film distributed by Disney, Disney radio stations reach123 million people...
