Sweatshops Scandal

Sweatshops have been around for centuries, beginning around the late 1880’s. Sweatshops are classified by three main components, long work hours, very low pay and unsafe and unhealthy working environments. Sweatshops are usually found in manufacturing industries and the most highlighted production is clothing corporations, who take full advantage of the low production costs of their products. Many may think sweatshops are a thing of the past but they are still affecting many lives across the nations. There are many ways sweatshops affect lives, but a recent article titled “New study finds ‘more sweatshops than Starbucks’ in Chicago” explains that there are many low wage industry jobs that are violating labor laws in the United States alone. The article also reports how employees who are working in such conditions won’t speak up in fear of the retaliation employers will implement. Analyzing Sweatshops through the lens of the Sociological perspectives will help us better understand the illegal conditions of workplaces that still exist today.

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In present China, forced and unpaid prison labor is widespread and common. Characteristics of Chinese sweatshops include overcrowding, lack of sanitary conditions, no worker breaks, demands to complete a task within a limited period of time, and a total lack of job security. Government negligence is what allows such abuses to persist. Some plants force employees into working extraordinary amounts of hours, for example, a Price Waterhouse audit of Nike factories in China found that some require seven days of work per week. Many workers who supposedly have the choice to work overtime must do so in order to survive on their low wage rates. The people working in Chinese sweatshops only get a small amount of payment for their work and nothing more. The locals do not benefit at all, but instead suffer from the presence of foreign businesses in their country. As for the foreigners, one telling statistic is that the United States imports an estimated $100 million per year in goods produced by Chinese migrant workers. The outside companies gain millions as the developing countries struggle to survive.

Third World Sweatshops 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

By this moment sweatshops were wiped out. Within three years more than 36 state laws had been passed. Even today, sweatshops have not disappeared in the United States. They keep attracting workers today in desperate need of employment and undocumented immigrants, who may be anxious to avoid involvement with governmental agencies. Recent studies conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor found that 63% of New York garment factories violate minimum wage and overtime

Dexter Roberts and Pete Engardio in “Secrets, Lies, and Sweatshops,” writes about the various struggles that the United States has with production factories overseas. Wal-Mart claims they have rules for the sweatshops to follow but China still violates the labor laws by hiring consultants to give tips to sneak around auditors. The American people enjoy their everyday items at a low price, which Wal-Mart demands to the sweatshops. The sweatshops are struggling to provide these low price items to Wal-Mart and keep their working conditions humane. Roberts and Engardio explain in the article how companies that have overseas production are attempting to provide the managers and employees with skills to make the overtime required more effective.

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Sweatshops were not as abundant as they were in the 80’s because back then old remodeled bachelor pads were used. There was a plain structure within the workplace; the employees would be paid based on how many items of clothing they made and vacation days or health coverage were unheard of. Since the amount of clothing made determined pay, many employees worked 12 to 15 hour days. "[My mother] was working so many hours. . . . She came home so late that one day when she came home early I asked her who she was because I didn't know her.” - Winifred C. Chin (APA NYU 3). As time went on, more buildings were put up for the use of sweatshops. In a document written by the GAO, it was mentioned that there were around 145 establishments that violated federal wage laws between 1986 and 1988, all of which were presumably Chinatown

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This is a good question but not an easy one to answer. Some people may think that we should not but from sweatshops overseas because we are buying from people who risk their lives to make these products. But the people who are making these products may not think that the deplorable conditions that they are working in are bad at all. What we as Americans see as deplorable they may see as a better way of life than working in a field or other back breaking jobs. We as Americans have to think, if their wasn't a demand for their goods then sweatshops wouldn't exist. I don't feel that we should boycott third world sweatshops because in reality we are hurting the workers and not the factory owners. We have to keep in mind that people who work in these

Time and time again, there are stories of dishonest companies who take advantage of the fact that they have money, try to create more wealth and subsequently forget their workers well being. Although they have more then enough money, greed takes over and good morals are overlooked. Nike, a popular sports brand, makes billions of dollars a year selling various products. To manufacture them, Nike has created many sweatshops throughout the world. Although they can definitely afford to pay their workers fairly, it has been found that these workers,

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