MooPig Brain Industries :: "Marriages"

www.Couples-Research.com - Ronald D. Rogge:

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I like this article because it reminds me of a movie. I cannot remember which one right now, but it really does remind of one.

I recommend you read the article and participate in some of its surveys. I started every sentence in this comment with "I" .

I am going to post this and see if it gets any pageviews.



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http://www.courses.rochester.edu/surveys/funk/
http://www.mdconnects.com/articles/302/20140131/divorce-rate-cut-half-couples-who-discussed-relationship-movies.htm

MooPig 'Stuff No One Wants to Hear About' Department :: "Sumangali Workers"

In India the Untouchables are not the Thugs nor the G-Men
Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Nov. 29, 2013  |  Bryan TX

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“We are hopeful that these suggestions by the advocates are helpful to us to get us back the money from the company which failed to pay even after the stipulated period,” said Mupidathi, an 18 year old girl who was cheated of nearly `50,000 after working for a period of 3 years in a cotton mill in Tirupattur.

EXCERPT  | " ... These girls work in a camp based setting where they are not allowed to go anywhere. They are made to work for more than 12 hours a day; some are sexually harassed, not paid even after end of the agreement. Almost 90 per cent of the workers employed in these industries are bonded laborers under Apprentice act. Legally we have not been able to do much things as the industries have strong political connections,” said Joseph Victor Raj, State Convener, CACL – TN and PY.

To address this issue legally and ensure protection of female children, many advocates from Chennai High court were invited to present their suggestions and ideas that could prevent such exploitation in future. (©2013 The New Indian Express. November 23, 2013 in Chennai. LINK) ... "

I Tried to See Where My T-Shirt Was Made, and the Factory Sent Thugs After Me | Mother Jones: "Indeed, some Western companies have taken measures to discourage their suppliers from using sumangali labor. Levi Strauss and Co. provides financial support to SAVE, while Gap helped establish the Tirupur Stakeholders Forum, which sets detailed ethical guidelines for factories. More than 80 companies, including Gap, H and M, and Walmart, have joined an industry group called the Ethical Trading Initiative, ETI, which works with NGOs, Non-governmental Organizations, to educate workers about recruiting schemes and is trying to reduce the sumangali contract terms from three years to six months. But Peter McAllister, the director of ETI, would not speak specifically about any of the Indian companies whose factories I investigated, nor their Western buyers, because the group is concerned about the delicate relationship it has with the companies." (DANA LIEBELSON. Mother Jones. Nov. 29, 2013. LINK)

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If you, dear reader, are looking for a time and place of origin for this batch of acronyms, we could offer this: "... The Department for International Development, DFID, is a United Kingdom government department with a Cabinet Minister in charge. It was separated from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. The goal of the department is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty (y ikki peed ya. LINK) ... "

In 2007 this report was made:

CONCLUSION
Somehow the story about indentured slavery of sumangali girls is getting out, but shameless fabric mills just get better at hiding their "internationally" illegal labor practices. As is the case for so many Transnational Manufacturing schemes, different stages of the fabric process are compartmentalized. "Just how bad is it?"... no one seems to be on top of this flesh empire who will speak about it. If you try to talk in person with would be spokespersons about the status of workers in fabric industries, you are shunned and threatened. It is quite difficult to find one whistle-blower in the whole supply chain of fabric manufacturing.

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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/india-garment-factories-sumangali?page=2
http://m.newindianexpress.com/chennai/72564
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/03/walmart-china-sweatshops-t-shirt
http://www.motherjones.com/photoessays/2011/08/jeans-sandblast-bangladesh/01
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/03/walmart-china-sweatshops-t-shirt
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/08/skinny-jeans-environmental-impact
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/11/o-say-can-you-buy
http://www.ethicaltrade.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_Trading_Initiative
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/eticode.html
http://www.ethicaltrade.org/sites/default/files/resources/BASECODE%20POSTER%20ENG%20India%20WEB.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_for_International_Development
http://inef.uni-due.de/page/documents/Report91.pdf

Today is Marinell's Birthday

By Pat Darnell

A little girl was born in a place only legends remember. Foggia, Italy is remembered by some WWII Army Air Force men who were stationed there. Some of them remember Padre Pio, and the countryside. Some old red headed East Texas men told me once when I was a middle schooler, they had met and had a conversation with Padre Pio during their stay in Foggia, Italy. It was so foreign to me in my adolescence that I filed away that city's name for some future geography test, or forget it. Guess what happened to me?

It turns out our little girl was only then a glint away from being born to a post-troubled, Mussolini-confused, 1950's Foggia, Italy. Her parents married during this very bleak time in Italian history and somehow squeaked out a life together. The two had suffered untold misery growing up and the start of their years together showed no let up.

Both had developed interesting habits because of the depressed state of the country. For instance, our little girl's mother collected things. Mamma hid glass bottles in the attic, and stockpiled other reusable things, such as cloth, jewelry, and wooden utensils. Pappa had developed a game face without equal, and a right hand of iron to defend his growing family. Pappa is known for his ability to end a fight. Their combined habits, turned talents became the skills that produced a large and beautiful family.

South Italy is to this day very dissimilar to the Northern Italy genre. Culture in Foggia is all about family, home, and agriculture. Three children were born before Marinell, and four more afterward. Marinell remembers hard times, but she dwells on the sights, feel and smell of her childhood. She remembers most going to the beach of the Mediterranean during summer break. She remembers visiting Rome at least one time. And she pines for the local food -- cheeses, sausages, and tomatoes... olive oil and buffalo cheese, as such. These memories bring smiles to our birthday girl's face. She loves to get all brown-skinned, blushed and rosy in the summer... easy to do in Texas... I feel like this is a throw back to her happy memories of earliest times. Her tanning usually peaks about this time every summer, July 13th. Hmmmm? Makes me wonder...

Going to Foggia? Well it also has its own dialect. If you are from there, you can discern Italian from Foggian dialect. If you are a visitor, you will not understand a word. No lie; and folks will laugh at you if you try to understand. Just like the USA, the Northern and Southern Italian districts are mysteriously divided into farmers in the South, and Factory workers in the North.

That's all for now. We had a celebration at Chili's in honor of Marinell's birth, and toasted all within the sound of this blog. That includes CJ, the bartender, and Colleen the waitress, who made our afternoon something extra special. SALUT'E!! ChinChin....