Sweatshops's Role In The Clothing Industry

Most Americans live for filling closest to the brim with different articles of clothing. However, this habit costs others their lives. The factory employees producing the clothes are often faced with atrocious working conditions. They are forced to put up with unsafe work environments and hours, teetering on the line between life and death. The American people must recognize and own up to their part in this dangerous process. In developing countries, where the garment industry reigns supreme, workers are forced into sweatshops. Sweatshops are defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “a shop or factory in which employees work for long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions.” This paints a bleak picture but for those actually living under these conditions it is even more unfavorable. According to Why are Your Clothes so Cheap?, by Scope Magazine, the owners of sweatshops often cut corners when building factories; they leave out fire …show more content…
We play a huge role in this cycle of human rights violations. The video Clothes Manufacturing, by Scope Magazine breaks down the part played by American corporations and people. United States companies go to factories in developing countries and demand a huge order of clothing for cheap. The factory owners agree so that workers will be kept busy and to ensure the company continues doing business with them. Then, those clothes are shipped to the United states and sold to Americans at low prices. The United State’s desire for inexpensive clothing is the direct source of major human rights violations. Labourers in the garment industry desperately need the help of the American people. If Americans were to bring the issue up to companies is it more likely that changes will be made. The United States has always been the land of the free and the home of the brave; if its people were brave thousands of workers could be freed from cruel