How do clothing companies operate their business overseas? Would you like to work in this factory?

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How do clothing companies operate their business overseas? Would you like to work in this factory?

Objectives To be able to make a judgement about how fair TNCs are when they operate overseas To understand that factory owners and workers overseas have little choice in how much they are paid To know what a ‘sweat shop’ is

Is this fair? A "sweatshop" is defined by the US Department of Labour as a factory that violates 2 or more labour laws.

Child Labour: Is this right???? In developing countries, an estimated 168 million children ages 5 to 14 are forced to wor k.

What is made in a sweat shop?? Products that commonly come from sweatshops are garments, cotton, bricks, cocoa, and coffee

Women and sweat shops …… Because women make up 85 to 90% of sweatshop workers, some employers force them to take birth control and routine pregnancy tests to avoid supporting maternity leave or providing appropriate health benefits.

Can we do anything? ….. A study showed that doubling the salary of sweatshop workers would only increase the consumer cost of an item by 1.8%, while consumers would be willing to pay 15% more to know a product did not come from a sweatshop.

h?v=t_mA9L1DSr8 Would you still buy that dress after watching this????