This group is expanding, and its influence is growing. It will be a short step from the focus on apparel to a focus on other consumer products. And no one can forget the dramatic protest against the World Trade Organization at its ministerial meeting here in Seattle last November. Or more recent protests against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in April and against the Organization of American States in Windsor, Ontario in June. Of course, OSHA doesn't have jurisdiction over foreign plants or cover foreign workers.
Many nations have their own standards for worker safety and health.
But some do not. And others have inadequate requirements or little or no enforcement of any rules on the books. If you're a leader here, be a leader there. VPP participants are the employers of choice in the U.S. Workers want to be part of a first-class organization that puts top priority on their safety and health. Workers in Indonesia, Guatemala and Bangladesh are no different.