Third world countries hold many issues that they try to solve within their countries borders and one of the issues that many first world countries try to aid in is the issue of Sweatshops. Authors Dexter Roberts, Pete Engardo, and Benjamin Powell both have their own understanding of the situation that most people believe is a current issue. Both Engardo, and Roberts defend their belief that sweatshops are indeed an issue in their work the “Secrets, Lies, and Sweatshops” while Powell believes otherwise, and defends this in “In Defence of Sweatshops”. In addition both authors cover that Sweatshops are both defined as work places that fail to pay their workers what their countries have set as minimum wage, as well as not abiding by their countries age restriction laws, and their extensive working hours.
Sweatshops in third world countries have been known to hide their records on their employees in order to hide the fact that they are attempting to pay their employees less than the minimum that they have to pay them. “Wal-Mart had already in three occasions caught Beifa paying its 3000 workers less than China's minimum wage and violating overtime rules”(Tang qtd in Roberts & Engardo 528). In …show more content…
Both articles have expressed different views on whether or not sweatshops are as bad as people have made them seem. Powells article highlights that many sweatshops are good alternatives to what could happen to a lot of employees if they didn't have jobs, as well as discuss the positive effect of workers having longer hours. While Roberts, and Engardo stand by and argue their points that contradict what Powell believes. In this world sweatshop workers are known to work a tremendous amount of hours, as well as work for substantially low wages. This is what currently defines sweatshops, and whether or not they are entirely a negative thing is up for further
Sweatshops in third world countries have been known to hide their records on their employees in order to hide the fact that they are attempting to pay their employees less than the minimum that they have to pay them. “Wal-Mart had already in three occasions caught Beifa paying its 3000 workers less than China's minimum wage and violating overtime rules”(Tang qtd in Roberts & Engardo 528). In …show more content…
Both articles have expressed different views on whether or not sweatshops are as bad as people have made them seem. Powells article highlights that many sweatshops are good alternatives to what could happen to a lot of employees if they didn't have jobs, as well as discuss the positive effect of workers having longer hours. While Roberts, and Engardo stand by and argue their points that contradict what Powell believes. In this world sweatshop workers are known to work a tremendous amount of hours, as well as work for substantially low wages. This is what currently defines sweatshops, and whether or not they are entirely a negative thing is up for further