this is so sad. i have been researching this topic for a school assignment and i didn't realize how bad sweatshops were until now. i think we should avoid buying sweatshop made items but that is so hard and nea
A "sweatshop" is defined by the US Department of Labor as a factory that violates 2 or more labor laws. Sweatshops often have poor working conditions, unfair wages, unreasonable hours, child labor, and a lack of benefits for workers. ... Sweatshops do not alleviate poverty....
Sweatshops are a workplace where workers are subject to extreme exploitation, including the absence of a living wage, poor benefits, health and safety hazards, and random discipline (AMM 245, Kim). According to the department of labor, a sweatshop is a factory that violates two or more labor...
American Apparel is a non sweatshop, with workers earning 13-15 dollars / hour, 1 times the minimum wage in the United States, and providing free medical examination and insurance, and offering English language teaching courses to non English speaking staff. On this basis, American Apparel, desp...
Companies that value social sustainability also scrutinize how companies throughout their extended supply chains treat their people. For example, they source materials and goods only from reputable companies that avoid sweatshop labor and those that show a commitment to social justice issues. ...
The business world is one that’s full of buzzwords and jargon. Often, a phrase that sounds complicated is actually deceptively simple. Perhaps we all assume…
What I did to stay in school: Diary of a sweatshop snoopEaton, JonathanFahy, Sandra
In the old days, the GNP measured profits where a company is owned and where its profits are deposited. Imagine that an American company owns a coffee plantation in Latin America, a gold mine in Africa, and a sweatshop factory making sporting goods in Asia. Imagine that the sales of its ...
The event brought attention to the wretched sweatshop conditions of factories and led to new laws and requirements that better-protected workers’ safety. The many new safety laws enacted due to this historical event include standardizing emergency exit signs for commercial buildings. ...
as they're able to outsource production to cheap factories with minimal labor costs. As Karolina notes, “‘Unethical’ manufacturing (of the sweatshop variety) is reserved for big brands with big money and big production runs. It’s an almost ironic fact that most independent brands simply can...