Why Do Sweatshops Replace Unsanitary?

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.

Hi, Michael, I enjoyed reading your essay especially since we differed in some of our analysis. It’s always good to look at things from someone else’s perspective. In his 2006 essay “Sweatshop Oppressions” Ravisankar (as cited in Kirszner & Mandell, 2017, p.117-118) says that his audience is “’poor’ college students”. He also immediately creates a sense of unity between his audience and himself with the use of the words “we” and “us”. I absolutely agree that he appealed mostly to emotion as he described the horrible working conditions, especially when he mentioned child labor (which I forgot to mention in my essay). We agree that big corporations are to blame for the dismal working conditions, though it sounds like the blame is being placed

Despite harsh working conditions, farmworkers have worked constantly for years due to the need of necessities for their families along with themselves. After thorough investigation, I have come to a conclusion that even after so many years of protesting as well as working diligently, farmworkers still have experienced unacceptable working conditions, however they were not as bad as the past. There was a definite need for a drastic change due to the working conditions of the farmworkers. Conditions may have improved due to the social justices that Cesar Chavez including The 5 Year Strike has gained. As I was comparing both working conditions of today’s farmworkers with farmworkers of other times in history, I have come to find many differences

Although many laws were passed to regulate better working conditions, not many were by it, many companies still made their workers, work long hours. Not many had better working conditions as still many died from lack of better safety regulations.

It always begins with a promise. A promise for better living conditions, higher wage, more opportunities, etc. This is when hope is established within an hard working individual. In the video, “New England cotton mills” and the reading, “Life in the Iron Mills”, there are similarities in regards to working conditions, solidarity among workers, and owner attitudes. Both mills show identifiable occasions of mistreatment of workers, although there are clear differences in quality and benefits offered by each institution. The purpose of this essay is to compare discuss issues of worker mistreatment, solidarity, class, and fulfillment of everyday life in regards to work.

     Near closing time on Saturday afternoon, March 25, 1911, in New York City a fire broke out on the top floors of the Asch Building in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. One of the worst tragedies in American history it is known as the “Triangle Shirtwaist Fire”. It was a disaster that took the lives of 146 workers, most of which were women. This tragedy pointed out the negatives of sweatshop conditions of the industrialization era. It emphasized the worst part of its times the low wages, long hours, and unsanitary working conditions were what symbolized what sweatshops were all about. These conditions were appalling, and no person should ever be made to work in these conditions.

First, sweatshops have poor working conditions. Examples of poor working conditions are factories are not ventilated; no toilets, have to work for longer hours, there is no emergency exists and minimum wages are given. There are some owners of sweatshops who forced their employees to work for longer hours but pay a minimum wage. This is proved in a case called Two Cheers for Sweatshops, Mongkol’s daughter had to work for nine hours straight but she is only paid $2 a day. She also works six days in a week. The poor working conditions actually can affect a person mental and physical

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a perfect example of the average sweatshop in the early twentieth century. It had long hours, low pay, hired young immigrant women, and most importantly, had a dangerous work environment. On March 25, 1911, a fire started in the 8th floor on a rag tub and it spread throughout the factory. The fire department did come, but it’s ladder and hoses were too short and couldn’t reach the 8th floor so not many people were saved. The workers were neglected of safety measures and too overcrowded that not everyone survived. The Fire brought high casualties. There were over 500 workers at the factory, and it was a little space while much too overcrowded. There weren’t that many safety exits in the factory that actually worked, so they were crowded and it led girls to jumping out the window, though some survived because of life nets. Unfortunately, the life net ripped because 3 girls jumped at the same time. 146 people were killed

Document B states that, “they are as healthy as any other part of the working classes…”. This proves that these poor labor conditions apply to whole families not just child laborers in factories and shows that even those who believe factories are not bad for health see that at least some aspects of factories are bad for the health of the

As long as a labor force has been in America, changes have been made to determine the most productive sense of business without affecting its negligence of working conditions. Records of dangerous or fatal activities, along with a substantial amount of shameful business conditions, have been noted before during the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. It has sadly emerged into a darker form of punishment that has scourged the workforce within most extreme productions of goods. Although there can be many bad things said about working conditions within minimum wage jobs, some families are reduced to working illegal jobs for poor wages under the administration of corrupt supervisors, and the products they collect are sold by massive corporations. Rose Schneiderman, once an employee at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was quoted saying “… the life of men and women is so cheap and property is so sacred! There are so many of us for one job, it matters little if 140-odd are burned to death.” Her account has stayed true for over a century since the words left her lips.

Companies abuse cheap labor who are forced to work in a polluted working condition, but refusing to provide any equipment and protection. Many companies from the U.S. Exploit the cheap labor resource from Asia especially China and Taiwan. China and Taiwan are two countries mostly provide cheap labor for the U.S. Companies. Up to 78 percent of all products in the U.S, are imported from China and Taiwan. Even though, the labor in these countries are treated poorly. According to News Track article, Chinese employees get paid for 90 cents an hours compare to 9.5 dollars minimum as the U.S. Labor(Talk). Moreover, most children and women in China and Taiwan are not encourage to go to school because of financial issue. Up to 58 percent of children from 5 to 17 years old dropped out of school and work as labor for surviving. They get paid the same amount as adults but have to work 2 or 3 more hours a day. Because their families are too poor so they willing to work to earn some money, their families need that extra source of income for surviving task. In the journal article “Knowledge Of And Attitude To Contraception Among Migrant child Workers In Mainland China”, the author has done some researches discovered that over 23 millions child are working as labors from China and Taiwan. They have to work in extreme conditions for long hours, mostly 12 to 16 hours a day with 2 or 3 short breaks take about 5 to 15 minutes and work excessive overtime without a single day off during the week(Ip). Furthermore, they have to work under risky condition. Most industries in China provide a hazardous working condition for labor which later will negatively affect their health and create many illnesses and diseases, but they receive extremely low wage and no provision of health care or insurance. According to an article “China Blast kill 16”, almost 637 thousand workers at a supplier in China were injured after 1 year of working by using poisonous chemical. The employees work in

In this article from the Different Mirror , In the sweatshops people were subjected to harsh treatments, when they had to go to the bathroom they were followed to make sure they made it quick. people received their wages based on their group which meant even if you worked very hard if the next person was slow there is northing you could do about it which I think was unfair , none should received their wages base on everyone else because not everyone is are working or needs money the same. The sweatshops gave everyone a chance a at job which is a great thing as not all immigrants know how to make a dress or handle a needle and therefore hearing the unskilled helped and disadvantaged those who knew the work.Working condition at the sweatshops

Living in a time period in which workers are protected by federal and state laws, it is hard for me to imagine a time when workers especially unskilled workers were completely at the mercy and disposal of their employers. As I was reading this chapter I couldn’t help but compare these people to the thousands of immigrants in the United States. These workers were paid so little despite all the work they did. And sadly, the same goes for these immigrants. Although many citizens believe they are taking away our jobs, these people are doing the work no one else in the country is willing to do. Anyhow, the age of the modern factory changed all of that, and the unfairness with which the workers were treated became quite known. For example,

After reading the article in Wired about Chinese sweatshops, I believe the unlawful working conditions should be abolished. Long Li, Zi Renchun, and Shang Jiaojiao, workers for the Fangtai Huawei Electronic Technology experienced physical setbacks due to the working conditions. “I was just lying on my bed all day and needed help to eat,” said Long, who found herself unable to move her legs. She was eventually admitted to a local hospital in Guangzhou along with 30 other workers. Doctors found that they had been exposed to an industrial solvent that causes neurological damage. Long, along with others, try to stay cheerful and often cry secretly, afraid of confrontation with their bosses. No one should have to endear health effects due to their

The sweatshops erected in disadvantaged villages have the goal of bringing jobs, income and a stable economy. In fact, they do the opposite. The factories are outdated, under maintained and the people that work there are under paid. In one of the Indonesia factories, the housing of the workers is lined with open sewers. In wet season, water levels can rise driving raw sewage into the homes of the workers. The workers live in housing quarters, similar to slums, in groups. Up to 10 people share one bathroom, one kitchen, one laundry and often share sleeping quarters. These hardworking, underprivileged and abused people live on just $1.25 USD a day. After paying rent, transportation, water and electricity the people are left on about 7,000