Poland Criticized for Using North Korean Near-Slave Labor
You would think that with the close ties the US and Poland have, that the Trump administration would have convinced the Poles to not use North Korean near-slave labor:
North Korean slave laborers are paid only US$27 a month on average working 12 to 16 hours a day in Polish shipyards, according to a Dutch academic. Most of their nominal wages go straight into the coffers of the North Korean regime.
Prof. Remco Breuker of Leiden University in the Netherlands told Voice of America on Saturday, “After the obligatory expenses, they would be left with about 27 dollars a month. That’s what they would be able to send home.”
A former North Korean worker at a shipyard in Poland is suing a Dutch shipbuilder over the slave-like conditions under a Dutch law that makes profiting from exploitation a crime even if the alleged offender is not the victim’s direct employer, which has turned the spotlight on the abuses.
The North Korean regime typically takes 70 to 90 percent of the wages of laborers it sends overseas to earn hard currency. [Chosun Ilbo]
You can read more at the link.
Unfortunately old habits are hard to break: Poland became accustomed to captive Communist slave labor during the pre-1989 Iron Curtain days. In the 1970’s Vietnamese workers were instrumental in the laborious and detailed reconstruction of Poland’s WWII destroyed old cities, often brick by brick. Lacking hard currencies the Communist Bloc often traded with labor to obtain material goods. Its not right, but its been going on a long time and the NK’s must work well or Poland would not do it.
Those Eastern Europeans, they don’t give a crap about human rights conditions in North Korea. Not that South Koreans are any better considering that there was Geseong, and the fact that Mr. Moon the Moron keeps wanting to give billions to Kim Jong Un so that he could repress his people some more.
The average annual income for a Cambodian is $50/year. I don’t think Americans are fit to judge others about economics. I’m okay, however, about de-nuking Norkistan and Iran.
When FattyIII takes over SK he’ll have millions more to send out as slave labor and he’ll fix SK’s unemployment problem!
True Setnaffa: Poland’s typical monthly income for citizens is around $1000 and many live on $500 or less. Its why global manufacturers including Hyundai, Kia, LG and Samsung have set up factories in Poland.
Car Nut,
Muslims and Communists agree on hating Poland. The former for their army breaking the Ottoman Siege of Viena on, IIRC, 9/11/1683. The latter because of Pope John Paul II and Lech Walesa.
Siege: https://gloria.tv/video/kCYjvFxtT2wd4z68nCF8apLqw
(A strange coincidence? I first saw this film on some cable/satellite channel in Korea at my brother-in-law’s house in Songtan.)
Solidarity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Solidarity
Hating on Poland is a common riff now in Globalst Media for all the reasons Set said plus today’s Poland is also not afraid to stand up for the truth. Macron is of course a big critic of today’s Poland whereas France had historically been a harbor for free thinking Polish exiles. No more of that free thinking for today’s Macron. Its scary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k98_6793bkk
This gem just showed up in my mailbox. Please ignore it if it doesn’t fit your plans.
“This Little Light of Mine” by Leroy Eims
Read Jeremiah 7-10
“I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.” – Hebrews 6:14
A lot of people look around today and feel like Jeremiah did nearly three thousand years ago. As he watched the moral and spiritual decline of his country, Jeremiah wondered if anything could be done to heal the sin of his people and prevent the judgment of God. Had the darkness become so great that it could not be overcome? Could the condition of the people be set right? The answer to the latter question was yes, and that’s the answer for us today. Something can be done about the darkness if we’re willing to let the work begin in and through us.
Every year a few weeks before Christmas, we have a candle-lighting service in our church. The entire sanctuary is dark except for one candle at the front. As a few people light their candles from that one, and then pass the flame to the candles around them, the entire sanctuary is lighted. To me, it’s a beautiful picture of God’s plan for conquering the spiritual darkness of the world.
In Jeremiah 9:24, we read: “‘But let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,’ declares the Lord.”
You see, we get the light for our candle from knowing the Lord Himself. And the greatest thing we can do for our world is to share that light with others, one at a time. So don’t be discouraged or frustrated by the darkness of the world around you. Thank God that He has given you the light, and pass it on.
Prayer
Lord, help me to realize my influence on the darkness around me. Amen.
To Ponder
One of the most deadly attitudes among Christians today is that their little flame of light doesn’t matter.