Invisible Hands 12/6

Summary: The first interview was on Kalpona Akter who was born Chandpur,Bangladesh. She grew up in a tin house, but her family was forced to sell it because the house was in a really good area. Her father became a middle man and her cousin worked for her dad. Her cousin ended up stealing all the money from her family and left her and her family with pretty much nothing to live. Her father had two strokes which caused her family to have many financial crisis because of all the hospital bills that they had to pay. Her father wasn't able to talk and he wasn't able to control half of his body. She starting working at a factory, both her brother and mom worked at this same factory. When her factory refused to pay her for her overtime she decided to strike against the company. At the age of only 17 she got married to someone who also worked at the factory. She eventually divorced her husband and got a job at the union in order to help the factory workers get justice. She was thrown in jail because people didn't want her advocating for other factory workers, they didn't want them to have any rights. The second interviewee was Hye-Kyeong Han who was born in Gangwon Province,South Korea. After high school he decided to work for Samsung. She began to feel very sick one day so her mother took her to the hospital and this is when they found out that she had a brain tumor. They started giving her treatment for the brain tumor. Her mother fought that it was the company's fault, but the company would not take responsibility for her having a brain tumor. 

Comment: These stories were very similar in regards to how they worked and all the things that they went through. It is always nice to see when someone stands up for what they believe is right. She wanted to fight for her rights and the rights of others. Reading this also shows us how easy it is for companys to get away with mistreating their workers. In these situations there isn't really much that you can do. The most you can really do is fight for what you think is right, and for what is right for other people.