... want to locate abroad? The transnational corporations would probably answer they 'have to be where the goods are either grown or the oil extracted', (Cohen & Kennedy, 2000:119). However another reason is the potential to have cheap, unskilled workers? And unfortunately many workers tend to live in poverty and so find themselves exploited by the transnational corporations. The women and children who do work for the TNCs find themselves among poor working conditions. For example, children living in or around Sialkot (Indian town) make hand-stitched footballs for the top names, Nike, Adidas, Reebok and Mitre. These children are unable to go to school due to family circumstances and therefore must work. The children earn just 10p per hour and work very hard for little pay. The towns population of children stands around 1,500 and two-thirds of the children go out and work for one of the factories owned by a ...

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