SWEATSHOPS
Ever since the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century, sweatshops have been a common occurrence in Third World countries throughout the world. Sweatshops are generally characterised and defined as places of employment that have low wages, long hours and poor working and living conditions. Some people, often economists, view sweatshops as a benefit to poverty stricken employees, as they are provided with somewhere to stay and an opportunity to make money for themselves.
According to the United States Department of Labour, a factory is established as a sweatshop when it violates two or more basic labour laws. These seem to exist wherever and whenever there is an opportunity to exploit workers who lack the knowledge, resources and courage to stand up for themselves. Typical sweatshop employees are young and uneducated female immigrants, unaware of their own legal rights as a human being.
Affecting economically unstable and uneducated people in third-world countries such as Haiti, Indonesia, China, Cambodia, Vietnam and Bangladesh, many people …show more content…
The company tends to pay these well known athletes, such as Tiger Woods (who received USD $25 million), millions of dollars to endorse their products. Their workers, however, receive wages that are close to nothing and have to endure harsh conditions to manually manufacture clothing. An estimated 800,000 people work in these factories, which are mainly located in Asia, 80% of these people are women; most are between 17 and 24 years of age. The multinational corporation is now infamous for taking advantage of countries’ poverty. It is said that the workers receive 10-20 cents per hour, working 10-16 hour shifts per day, doing the same tasks over and over. Talking in the factories is prohibited and the access to toilets and clean water is
According to the United States Department of Labour, a factory is established as a sweatshop when it violates two or more basic labour laws. These seem to exist wherever and whenever there is an opportunity to exploit workers who lack the knowledge, resources and courage to stand up for themselves. Typical sweatshop employees are young and uneducated female immigrants, unaware of their own legal rights as a human being.
Affecting economically unstable and uneducated people in third-world countries such as Haiti, Indonesia, China, Cambodia, Vietnam and Bangladesh, many people …show more content…
The company tends to pay these well known athletes, such as Tiger Woods (who received USD $25 million), millions of dollars to endorse their products. Their workers, however, receive wages that are close to nothing and have to endure harsh conditions to manually manufacture clothing. An estimated 800,000 people work in these factories, which are mainly located in Asia, 80% of these people are women; most are between 17 and 24 years of age. The multinational corporation is now infamous for taking advantage of countries’ poverty. It is said that the workers receive 10-20 cents per hour, working 10-16 hour shifts per day, doing the same tasks over and over. Talking in the factories is prohibited and the access to toilets and clean water is