Have you ever stopped to wonder where your laptop was made - your clothes, furniture,your favourite stuffed animal? In developing countries, an estimate of 168 million children aged 5 to 14, and countless adults, have been forced to work unbearable hours in unhealthy conditions in sweatshops around the world. Sweatshops - a factory where people are employed at low wages and often under poor condition - have become a very controversial topic over the last few decades. They have undergone rises and falls, and they are currently on the rise in the present world. However the common question remains; are sweatshops essential to prosperity for all, or for some? The three sources above represent and discuss three related perspectives on this issue.
