The cute shirt in a favorite store could cost less than what the manufacturer made in a week. Sweatshop slave labor exists in America and is sold in our local mall, the Kirkwood mall. Sweatshop slave labor can be defined as inhumane conditions with unethical pay. This is widespread in developing countries, and fueled by fast-fashions trends Americans buy. Students at MHS contribute to fueling this unethical business. With cheap fashion hard consequences arise for the workers behind the products. It is more impactful than a rip in cheap top or empty bank accounts from teenage trend followers, this cheap labor can mean painful conditions or even death for the workers.
Fast fashion is popular because trends go in and out of style and can be …show more content…
80% of the people employed for fast fashion are women. This toxic job holds them in a place where they become vulnerable to sexual assault and inhumane conditions. For the hard work they do, they can sometimes only make $3 a day or less. The fact this industry puts fast fashion at a level where it endangers human beings to make the products in inhumane. A Lot of workers not having other options to gain income. In America, there have been multiple lawsuits against Forever 21. Many overworked employees have made under minimum wages. By supporting places that retail these products it keeps fueling the industry, and directly putting women and children in danger. Not only does it exist in developing countries it is used to make cheap clothes in the U.S. There are ways to get around the minimum wage by eliminating “middle men”,and claiming it's a retailer not a manufacturer. Ross, Tj Maxx, and Forever 21 were investigated by The U.S department of labor finding one worker who made $3.42 per hour the minimum wage of California is $10.50. When shopping at any of these three stores it's almost too good to be true finding clothes marked down almost 75%. The quality is also very fleeting, I’ve found most of the things i’ve purchased have fallen …show more content…
A few stores that retail these goods are H and M, Pacsun, and scheels. Boot Barn and Francesca's buy ethical non slave labor produced goods.After learning what shops use slave labor I went through my closet to see which clothing items i owned that were not manufactured using slave labor.I went through stacks of clothes in my room filtering through my items to find 70% of my pieces are slave labor merchandise. Astonished by the large quantity of items that were made by sweatshop slave labor I wanted to see what brands were ethical. I realized two of my favorite brands did not use slave labor, and they’re Patagonia and Brandy Melville. You can purchase Brandy Melville at Pacsun and Patagonia at Scheels. Even though pacsun does have slave labor items and so does Scheels they still market brands that don’t.There are many alternatives at the mall rather than the fast fashion merchandise by looking in to
Fast fashion is popular because trends go in and out of style and can be …show more content…
80% of the people employed for fast fashion are women. This toxic job holds them in a place where they become vulnerable to sexual assault and inhumane conditions. For the hard work they do, they can sometimes only make $3 a day or less. The fact this industry puts fast fashion at a level where it endangers human beings to make the products in inhumane. A Lot of workers not having other options to gain income. In America, there have been multiple lawsuits against Forever 21. Many overworked employees have made under minimum wages. By supporting places that retail these products it keeps fueling the industry, and directly putting women and children in danger. Not only does it exist in developing countries it is used to make cheap clothes in the U.S. There are ways to get around the minimum wage by eliminating “middle men”,and claiming it's a retailer not a manufacturer. Ross, Tj Maxx, and Forever 21 were investigated by The U.S department of labor finding one worker who made $3.42 per hour the minimum wage of California is $10.50. When shopping at any of these three stores it's almost too good to be true finding clothes marked down almost 75%. The quality is also very fleeting, I’ve found most of the things i’ve purchased have fallen …show more content…
A few stores that retail these goods are H and M, Pacsun, and scheels. Boot Barn and Francesca's buy ethical non slave labor produced goods.After learning what shops use slave labor I went through my closet to see which clothing items i owned that were not manufactured using slave labor.I went through stacks of clothes in my room filtering through my items to find 70% of my pieces are slave labor merchandise. Astonished by the large quantity of items that were made by sweatshop slave labor I wanted to see what brands were ethical. I realized two of my favorite brands did not use slave labor, and they’re Patagonia and Brandy Melville. You can purchase Brandy Melville at Pacsun and Patagonia at Scheels. Even though pacsun does have slave labor items and so does Scheels they still market brands that don’t.There are many alternatives at the mall rather than the fast fashion merchandise by looking in to