Sweatshops are factories where workers work long hours under poor conditions, and for very low wages. (Yesilevsky) Sweatshops produce many different goods including toys, shoes and furniture. Most of the world’s clothing is manufactured in sweatshops including many designer brands. (Gale.com) The labor hurts American workers, who have lost jobs as businesses have outsourced manufacturing jobs overseas. (Yesilevsky) Child labor was always bad when it came to sweatshops. (Christine) An estimated amount of 218 million children between ages of five and seventeen work in sweatshops that make our products we use every day. Child laborers with no money nor time away from the sweatshops are uneducated and have no time for school. They are capable
