Sweatshops In America

Sweltering heat, long hours, unfair working conditions are a few descriptive words that Americans use to describe a sweatshop. I believe our judgment is being misguided by the success of our nation, and it is imperative we redefine the word “sweatshop”. Individuals that endure life in third world countries know hardships that Americans could not imagine. If we were to recognize these economical differences it may shine a light on why these workers seek sweatshop jobs. In many of these cases, children must work to aid in the family’s survival. If these jobs are voluntary and both parties agree to working conditions, it results in a mutually beneficial arrangement. One of the worst things we can do as outsiders, to help these impoverished

Sweltering heat, long hours, and unfair working conditions are a few descriptive words that Americans use to describe a sweatshop. I believe our judgment is being misguided by the success of our nation, and it is imperative we redefine the word “sweatshop”. Individuals that endure life in third world countries know hardships that Americans could not imagine. If we were to recognize these economical differences it may shine a light on why these workers seek sweatshop jobs. In many of these cases, children must work to aid in the family’s survival. If these jobs are voluntary and both parties agree to work conditions, it results in a mutually beneficial arrangement. One of the worst things we can do as outsiders, to help these impoverished

Large corporations such as Nike, Gap, and Reebok and many others from the United States have moved their factories to undeveloped nations; barely pay their employees enough to live on. Countries such as China, Indonesia, and Haiti have readily abundant cheap labor. There should be labor laws or an obligation of respecting workers to provide decent working conditions, fair wages, and safety standards.

     As companies grow larger and more competitive, they are looking for cheaper ways to produce their wares and increase their profit. That is, after all, how companies are able to succeed, by giving their customers a comparable product for a cheaper price. This increases sales and the overall bottom line. Which seems to be a beneficial plan for both the companies and the consumers. That is, as long as the consumers don’t know how the product is being produced. The places that produce these products for an extremely cheap cost are called “Sweatshops”. A sweatshop is a small manufacturing establishment in which employees work long hours under substandard conditions for low wages. Sweatshops came about

Economic globalization has created an international skilled labor race, where developed countries, compete for best and brightest human capital to advance their economies. By utilizing selective immigration policies, these economically advanced countries target highly educated, and skilled labor in foreign countries to meet their changing economic needs. The United States is no different and has utilized special guest worker programs to strengthen its workforce. These guest worker programs have sparked a host of controversial debates, especially during the 2016 presidential election.

Theodore Roosevelt took over as U.S. President at a time when the United States was in need of change. The issues I found most interesting in the videos are racism, rich industrialist rule of the country, construction of the Panama Canal, and the coal miners’ strike.

Americans love to shop. With malls everywhere you go, shopping just might be America's favorite past time! When you are out shopping though, do you ever stop to think where all of those clothes and shoes come from? When I was younger, well, actually until recently, I always thought they were all made by machines. Shirt machines, pants machines…you get the picture. I have learned, however, that for the most part, clothes are still made on sewing machines, by people, and often under circumstances that we can only imagine.

“Creative destruction” creates winners and losers in trade. “Creative destruction” is when a new product or way of production comes is created and has the capability to destroy other entities. For example, American factory workers’ jobs are being outsourced to Asia. American factory workers are more educated and demand a decent amount of money. On the other hand, a worker in an Asian sweatshop isn’t as educated as the American worker, but this is outweighing by the wage the Asia workers are willing to take. The Asian sweatshop is a new way of production that costs less money and lowers the price of the products. The workers in America lose their jobs, while the Asian factory workers get jobs and the plant owners make more money. Overall, “Creative

Conservatives rely on the power of the market. They see poverty and sweatshops as serious problems but they focus on the fact that conditions have only improved from the past. Their solution lies in the productive power of industrial capitalism. Trying to think of evidence from the conservative point of view from the video, I instantly thought of the woman that was visiting the sweatshop with her other coworkers from I believe a Canadian company. When they were given a tour, she asked if they were happy and when they tour guide to answer, so they are happy. She seemed pleased to find that the workers are supposedly happy with their jobs and working conditions. Then when they walked outside where you could see a multiple story building, the worker's dorms, she said how convent and nice it was from them to be able to go back to their rooms to eat lunch. Now maybe this woman was just not informed of the true working and living conditions of the people. But I thought that this was evidence that some believe that working conditions have improved and that the rest should just be solved by the market playing out.

There is a lot of debate around the notion of global free trade and whether it is advantageous or disadvantageous for the economic and social human rights, especially labour rights. Economic, social, and labour rights are socio-economic human rights, such as the right to education, right to housing, right to adequate standard living, right to work, and the right to health. Socio-economics focuses on how economic activity affect and is shaped by social process. In general it analyzes how societies progress, languish, or regress because of their local or regional economy, or the global economy. Global free trade is always associated with the debate of sweatshops. Sweatshops are characterized as low-wage, labor-intensive manufacturing facilities. They have existed throughout the world in multiple places at distinctive times, however now they tend to be concentrated in developing countries with large populations of

Imagine having to work in an extremely dangerous environment where you were treated as less than a human been. Imagine having to deal with slave-like conditions in extremely harsh working environments. Imagine speaking out for your own good and only receiving bruises and getting fired. Imagine working at a Nike sweatshop. This is the reality that many sweatshop workers consider a day of life for the rest of their lives. These workers are taken by the factories that they work for and the companies that own or run the factories don’t regulate working conditions for all the workers in developing nations and countries.

A sweatshop is a workplace, often a factory, in which employees work long hours at low wages under poor conditions. First of all what is a sweatshop? The dictionary meaning of a sweatshop is; a factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions. We would not be as rich or as affluent had it not been for sweatshops in 3rd world and developing countries. One could argue that the first sweatshops were created in our very own country(The industrial revolution)Furthermore one could also say that for a country to become a developed nation one of the steps is to create sweatshops to invigorate the manufacturing sector. This is hoe western Europe and North America became successful and powerful by exploiting their lower class population(agricultural workers).What we have seen

The term ‘sweatshops’ depict business establishments that utilise their employees to work under harsh and socially unacceptable conditions with minimal wages for extensive hours, disregarding laws of mandating overtime pay or a minimum wage. The concept of ‘sweatshops’ is complex, as it merely depends on in which perspective it is viewed from. Businesses will claim that it is not unethical or that they are not compromising human rights as employees are ‘enthusiastic’ or ‘grateful’ to attain a role in the business and receive a stable income; that they are only improving lives by maintaining a central component within these developing countries (Lehmann, 2010).

The story “Sweatshop” is about hundreds of children and women who worked at a sweatshop. Many children were hired at young ages. The building they worked in was about 9 stories high. There was only one elevator and that elevator only worked if the guy who controlled it sent it up. There was hardly space to work in but the women and children got used to it. One day on the 8th floor a fire started. One of the women yelled “ A fire!” This was a horrible accident. There was no way out except the elevator that was controlled by this man but only a couple of women managed to get a ride down. Women were screaming for help and they were even sliding down the elevator wires. Terrified from getting burned alive women even jumped out of the building.

In order for a country to develop they have to be able to be part of a whole, this includes taking part in globalization. Globalization is a process where goods, information, people, money, communication, languages, values, and social issues move across national boundaries” (Class notes, Lecture 1). There are many factors that can make some believe that sweatshops and workers exploitation is a part of development to a country, but those same factors if looked at in another perspective can be viewed very differently.