SWEATSHOPS

SWEATSHOP DEFINTION

• A factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.

SWEATSHOP CONDITIONS

• Sweatshops often have poor working conditions, unfair wages, unreasonable hours, child labor, and a lack of benefits for workers.

NIKE

• No protective gear and workers to exposed toxic chemicals
• Illegal overtime
• Poor fire safety
• Very low pay

WALMART

• Poor working conditions
• Low pay

APPLE

• Underage workers
• Hazardous waste
• Low pay
• Poor working conditions
• Illegal overtime
• Sexual harassment
• Pressure

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EXPLANATION

• I chose this cartoon because it shows how people spends hundreds of dollars on cloths when people making them don't have shoes or any money

3 WAYS SWEATSHOPS HELP THE POOR

• Taking away sweatshops takes away an option for the poorest workers of the world
• Sweatshop jobs often pay three to seven times more than wages paid else wherein the economy
• Sweatshops are doing something to help,they provide jobs that pay better than other alternates

ORGANICS ATTIRES

COTTON FIELD USA

SWEETGRASS FIBERS

DIAMOND GUSSET GEANS

SUMMARY

• I learned that sweatshop workers work in poor condition and are treated terrible
• They also can be helpful because they help the poor escape poverty
• I also learned that a lot of companies in the USA don't use sweatshop labor but some do