Slavery In The Workplace

“Transnational corporations now roam the world to find the cheapest and most vulnerable workers” as said by the National Labor Committee in an article. We have come a long way from Jim Crow laws that segregated African Americans from Caucasians. Now we can attend the same schools and even form friendships with one another. So most people would assume that racism or slavery is no longer in this world but they would be wrong. Labor slavery has increased tremendously due to cheap labor that the workers provide and profits that are given to the employers. Slavery still much very exists in this world it is just better hidden. There are three types of labor- forced, bonded and child labor. In all cases the workers are being exploited and getting little to no pay. Forced labor is any work or services in which people are forced to do against their will. Child labor is the use of children in industry or business especially when illegal. Bonded labor a.k.a. debt bondage is a person’s pledge of their labor or services as security for repayment for a debt or other obligation. All of the workers involved in these types of labor work in a place called a sweatshop. …show more content…
Some people may not understand the need to hire workers in such bad workplace conditions. I didn’t understand how the United States which is known as an efficient country are unable to produce their own products. It is because we don’t have the resources to efficiently produce. As for the reason to hire workers in those conditions it is simple. Everyone knows that getting something made in a foreign country is cheaper. Since American companies are the ones selling the manufactured goods they want to save as much money as possible. Regrettably the workers can be considered as pawns in a game where American companies compete to get the most reasonable and low prices to make the most profit. Hopefully in the future actions can be taken to abolish any type of forced labor since it is not