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What is a sweatshop??
A sweatshop is a factory where workers are forced to work with low wages, no benefits, long hours, cramped and unsanitary conditions. Many companies who use sweatshops prefer to use children so they can pay even less or nothing at all. Most sweatshop laborers don't even get paid enough to survive on. Thousands each year die from exhaustion caused by over work(12+ hours per day,7 days a week), injury from machinery, abuse by factory management, and sickness due to unsanitary conditions. Children are the majority of the people who die due to this immoral exploitation of workers.
Unions are not allowed and whenever one is formed it is destroyed by union busters(most of the time local thugs and criminals)hired by the companies. Since unions can't be formed the workers can't receive better wages,benefits, or rights. Any organization put together by the workers will be immediately destroyed at once. These people are basicly slaves, they are scared into staying, they are paid very, very low wages or nothing at all, and are denied basic benefits and worker's rights(in some cases human rights too). Some factory management rape, abuse, and assault the workers putting a since of fear in them so they don't leave and stay despite the abuse.
Who uses these sweatshops?
Nike
Phillips-Van Heusen
Disney
Guess?
The Gap
Banana Republic
Old Navy
Tommy Hilfiger
Reebok
Levi Straus
Liz Caliborne
Ralph Lauren
Mattel
Wal-Mart
Roohsing(Hong Kong clothing company)
Kohl’s
Abercrombie
Hollister
How can I help??
Dont buy clothing from these companys!
 H is my name · Mon Oct 06, 2008 @ 02:51am · 0 Comments |
