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Essay / Life on the Global Assembly Line By Barbara Ehrenreich...
Authors Barbara Ehrenreich and Annette Fuentes reveal the exploitation of women working and struggling to survive in third world countries in their essay "The life on the global assembly line. » What was written and targeted in Ms. Magazine. Factory jobs and street work are the main sources of income for these women; young and old and unfortunately it is their only choice due to government laws and the way they are raised. In some cases, women gain the strength to rebel, to revolt for change. These cases have spread the message of their cry for help in the hope that this change they desire will one day become a reality. So where is all this happening? In what we call third world countries as we mentioned earlier, women, for the most part, don't have fun. These young women have no identity, no time to live a fulfilling life, not even time to raise a family. However, for them, it can be rewarding to have the job they have and earn the salary they receive. For some, it's just another day. I believe that women should have more work opportunities. Major American brands should reconsider the location and regulation of their factories. Instead of treating them like robots and injecting them with amphetamines, make their work experience more bearable with the common sense of having fresh air, decent breaks, masks to protect their lungs from fumes and toxic substances , which then only lead to chronic diseases. Min Chong Suk, a sewing machine operator, wrote in her diary: “…there are an increasing number of people contracting tuberculosis, bronchitis and eye diseases. Since we are women, it makes us so sad to have pale, unhealthy and wrinkled faces... It seems to me that no one knows that our blood dissolves in threads and seams, with sighs and