Environmentally-friendly doesn’t mean worker-friendly

By Kelsey | July 8th, 2008 | No Comments

Prius Envy and the Greening of Wal-Mart: A Blind Spot for the Human Cost

Can it be that our green heroes Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt care about the cachet of owning a Prius but not about the abused workers making these feel-good cars?

A report from the National Labor Committee released earlier this month alleging abusive working conditions in Japanese Toyota Prius plants provides a much needed jolt to the environmental and business communities about the danger of viewing environmental concerns as separate from human concerns.

Regardless of where you stand on such a debate, you gotta give it to the Labor rights folks, they are pretty clever.