The British multinational company Cape PLC mined asbestos in South Africa, and moved into South Africa after deciding that the costs for labor and asbestos disease compensation were too much in the UK. The result was 7,500 sick and dying workers. It took a five-year legal battle, but finally a meager settlement was reached. Each injured worker got only a few thousand dollars to compensate for the loss of their health — and in some cases, the loss of their lives.
Clearly, globalization threatens the advances labor has made in …