The Cruel and Unjust World of Sweatshops We all buy clothes, food, shoes, toys, ect., but little do you know these items were possibly made by men, women, and even children living below poverty. These people are working in inhumane working environments; being abused and being worked to the point of over exhaustion. These facilities, in which this torment takes place, are called sweatshops, and they reside in many undeveloped countries. There are many daily used products we use that are being made by people who are made slaves to their unfair career, and have unfair requirements. First of all, in sweatshops, child labor has become a normality. Two hundred and fifty million children ages five to fourteen are working in these places; infact
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Examples of these products are, Athletic shoes, clothing made by women who work for sixty to eighty hours a week, rugs that are made in these facilities have been hand crafted by illegally employed children, and also toys, which have been made by children; earning only thirty cents an hour (“Sweatshops and Child Labor”). When you buy things you probably wouldn’t think about the abuse behind them, but are quite possibly made by the worn hands of mistreated …show more content…
One thing that you can do is purchase items from more trustworthy companies because, we often unintentionally support them by purchasing from these places. Some companies you may think are safe to purchase from you will be surprised to know they aren’t. Stores like H&M, Nike, Walmart,The Gap, Disney, and Sears have all been caught working with sweatshops, (“10 Major Clothing Brands Caught in Shocking Sweatshop Scandals”) and you may have even purchased from them before; thinking they are trustworthy and responsible. You also should know that just because something has a “Made in U.S.” label doesn’t mean that it is reliable either because, we too have sweatshops. In L.A. ninety-eight percent of garment factories have had many health and safety violations, that have resulted in injuries and even in worse case scenario death. Another thing is CEOs need to make sure that they need to thoroughly monitor the treatment of their workers (“Sweatshops and Child Labor”). Sweatshops are a major injustice and must be stopped, but it is our job to try and stop
Examples of these products are, Athletic shoes, clothing made by women who work for sixty to eighty hours a week, rugs that are made in these facilities have been hand crafted by illegally employed children, and also toys, which have been made by children; earning only thirty cents an hour (“Sweatshops and Child Labor”). When you buy things you probably wouldn’t think about the abuse behind them, but are quite possibly made by the worn hands of mistreated …show more content…
One thing that you can do is purchase items from more trustworthy companies because, we often unintentionally support them by purchasing from these places. Some companies you may think are safe to purchase from you will be surprised to know they aren’t. Stores like H&M, Nike, Walmart,The Gap, Disney, and Sears have all been caught working with sweatshops, (“10 Major Clothing Brands Caught in Shocking Sweatshop Scandals”) and you may have even purchased from them before; thinking they are trustworthy and responsible. You also should know that just because something has a “Made in U.S.” label doesn’t mean that it is reliable either because, we too have sweatshops. In L.A. ninety-eight percent of garment factories have had many health and safety violations, that have resulted in injuries and even in worse case scenario death. Another thing is CEOs need to make sure that they need to thoroughly monitor the treatment of their workers (“Sweatshops and Child Labor”). Sweatshops are a major injustice and must be stopped, but it is our job to try and stop