Sweatshops: Documentary Analysis

According to the documentary, a former sourcing manager from Joe Fresh said that there were many worse things that people in some third countries can be doing, and sewing clothing is not danger at all. She also said that sewing clothing in the United States and Europe is not as dangerous as coal mining. Moreover, the professionals also mentioned that sweatshop is the growth of economy. The producers absolutely disagree with the professionals’ arguments. In the documentary, Morgan exposed the hidden cost and the truth about the fast fashion industries. The documentary shows that these cheap fashions are not just about bargaining the current trendy looks, but bargaining the life of workers and our plant. Throughout the documentary, Morgan interviewed workers from sweatshop and asked them question about their experience. Most of workers receive very low wages and work in the unsafe conditions. They always separate with their families and leave their children along at home. The market competition is the most important fact that pushes …show more content…
I was shocked of how professionals’ responses about the sweatshop. All the workers have rights to get paid based on their effort and they should not receive such a lower wages just because they live in the third countries. Also, I was very shocked that only 10% of the clothing that we donate to the thrift stores actually gets sold. After watching this documentary, I was thinking about how many people who obsessed with fast fashion actually know about the truth behind it. Not many customers will think about the environmental cost and the labor cost when they are shopping and few of them actually want to know why fast fashion is cheaper than other retailers. If more and more people can aware of the behind cost of these fast fashion industries, they will consider more when they making