MARIA RUSSO Globalization Questions

At what point will the American public boycott products produced in a poor factory setting? In other words, how bad must conditions in the Reebok or Nike factories get before Americans realize that a pair of shoes is not worth the bleeding fingers or labored breathing of the workers behind the sewing machines and yards of fabric? Realistically, do you think that conditions will ever substantially improve in such foreign factories or will the American media and consumer industry continue to turn a blind eye towards helpless factory employees?