Another member of the research team (MP), a researcher without experience as a worker in mental health services, accompanied the lead research for two worker interviews, to provide an independent critical lens on the interview exchange.
"This is an administration that had no reservations about repealing overtime for eight million workers," said Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota, the Democratic leader.
In one apparently windowless room with beds for eight workers, clothes were strung on lines between the bunk beds and cooking pots were scattered on the floor.
The factory owner, Li Xinglin, told reporters he had paid Mr. Zeng a one-time fee of $1,350, for five workers, plus $45 a month for each man.
Heads began nodding slowly, jaws set, as he drove his points home: "two hundred thousand jobs lost in Illinois under Bush; overtime rights under threat for eight million workers nationally; the right to organize being eroded".
Though it will require changes in local laws and government enforcement to be fully effective, the agreement could measurably improve conditions for four million workers in Bangladesh, where fires and building collapses have killed 1,800 people in the last seven years.
Speaking at an adjournment debate in the House of Commons – which allows MPs to debate an issue without subjecting it to a vote – Champion said the funding would only pay for four workers and an office.
Nest provided us with estimates for three workers: a 25-year-old on £20,000 a year, a 35-year-old earning £26,000 and a 45-year-old on £30,000.
