Sweatshops alway been saw as a derogatory term, while it only have poor working condition. As the sweatshops only pay low salary and let workers do hard jobs and work for long time, many people against this type of company. However some economics support this types of industry based on it’s benefits for the whole society. There are at least 18 countries in the world which has sweatshops in their territories, including United State and China. While many people against the sweatshops, the workers for sweatshops are actually benefited from the sweatshops.
Many people view the sweatshops as abuser of workers, moreover shift blame of poverty to sweatshops. As Mark Thoma said (2006), poor people themselves view sweatshops as a opportunity. While other people oppose the sweatshops, people who live in …show more content…
Skarbek (2004) had did the research on the apparel industry which been considered as a typical sweatshop. They had compared the average wage, average income and poverty earning for different countries. For example the average hourly wage for Nicaragua is 0.76 dollar, the average hourly wage for Vietnam is 0.26 dollar, those average wages are very low to United Sate’s standards, however is comparatively higher in those countries.
Another research they did for estimate that workers work for 40 50 60 or 70 hours per week. The graph showed that there are 9 in 10 countries’ workers earn much higher salary than average by working 50 hours per week. Moreover, workers in Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, and Nicaragua earn 3 to 7 times than the average in their country.
Actually, while west people against sweatshops for poor people, those poor people are satisfied with the sweatshops, even more relied on it. Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn had talked to a laborer whose daughter works in the sweatshop. He knew that his daughter were doing a dangerous job, but he and his daughter both wanted to keep this job because of the good
Many people view the sweatshops as abuser of workers, moreover shift blame of poverty to sweatshops. As Mark Thoma said (2006), poor people themselves view sweatshops as a opportunity. While other people oppose the sweatshops, people who live in …show more content…
Skarbek (2004) had did the research on the apparel industry which been considered as a typical sweatshop. They had compared the average wage, average income and poverty earning for different countries. For example the average hourly wage for Nicaragua is 0.76 dollar, the average hourly wage for Vietnam is 0.26 dollar, those average wages are very low to United Sate’s standards, however is comparatively higher in those countries.
Another research they did for estimate that workers work for 40 50 60 or 70 hours per week. The graph showed that there are 9 in 10 countries’ workers earn much higher salary than average by working 50 hours per week. Moreover, workers in Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, and Nicaragua earn 3 to 7 times than the average in their country.
Actually, while west people against sweatshops for poor people, those poor people are satisfied with the sweatshops, even more relied on it. Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn had talked to a laborer whose daughter works in the sweatshop. He knew that his daughter were doing a dangerous job, but he and his daughter both wanted to keep this job because of the good