Hypermobility of capital

I was very interested in the movie we watched in class last week about how American companies such as Hanes and Tommy Hilfiger outsource their labor to countries like Jamaica, and the ways in which these companies go to extreme measures to control the workers and the cost of the workers. It really helped to put into perspective our recent readings, and to actually see how these workers' every movie is controlled and structured around creating the most goods in the cheapest manner, regardless of the well-being of the worker. The division of labor was also very apparent - for example, one woman's sole responsibility was to sew the pockets on Hanes t-shirts. This division of labor puts the power into the hands of the managers because they have control over the entire process. I was appalled that the Jamaican workers were paid mere fractions of what their products sold for, and to make matters worse, are not even paid in American dollars. It is a double-edged sword though, because even though the disparity between labor and wages is huge, the people who are working there are not in the position to refuse work - they have to take the work that is available, which in this circumstance is working for a company likes Hanes. It makes me feel that it is our responsibility to intervene, such as the people in the movie did, and do what we can to stop this unfair cycle. I was also very interested in the concept of a "Free Zone." The fact that American products can be brought to Jamaica via cargo ship, unloaded and produced in factories, then put back on the boat headed to the United States, and technically never touch Jamaican territory is absurd. Free Zones are just another way for companies to take advantage of their laborers. Free Zones assist in the hypermobility, or flight of capital, better, and the way in which capital is able to uproot itself and go elsewhere easily.