It seems odd that one of the most revered christian symbols would be made in a non-christian country, but it gets even worse than that. It seems that many of the crucifixes being sold in America were made in a very non-christian way.
Charles Kernaghan, director of the National Labor Committee, says the crucifixes are being made under horrible conditions in Chinese sweatshops. He says some workers recently smuggled out photos and documents detailing the terrible conditions they must work in.
The workers are mostly young females who work from 8:00am until 11:30pm for 26 cents an hour. They must work seven days a week with no sick days or vacation. They live in filthy dormitories and are fed a watery "slop", according to Kernaghan.
This is not an uncommon thing when work is "outsourced" to foreign countries to save corporations a few pennies. But it does seem particularly offensive when the making of christian symbols gets outsourced to foreign sweatshops. It seems like it would be hard to preach of love when supporting such atrocities.
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