S WEATSHOPS. D EFINITION : A shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions. Factory where workers do piecework for poor.

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S WEATSHOPS

D EFINITION : A shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions. Factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry

Began between 1830 and 1850 Caused by industrial revolution Began in the Garment Industry London, New York City Sweating (1840’s) Long Hours Low Wages Unsafe Conditions

S WEATSHOPS AND W AL -M ART Wal-Mart products Produced in 48 different countries Products mainly from Asian (China, Bangladesh) and Central American (El Salvador) factories. Produced using sweatshop labor

T EXTILES AND W AL -M ART Produced by young women 17 to 25 years old Forced to work seven days a week 12 to 28 cents an hour No benefits Housed in crowded and dirty dormitories 24-hour-a-day surveillance

B ANGLADESH AS THE CENTER OF SWEATSHOP LABOR April 24 th – 1, 200 workers lost their life An eight-story commercial building Rana Plaza collapsed in the Greater Dhaka Area, the capital of Bangladesh What retailers had their clothes made in this building?

R ETAILERS MAKING THEIR GARMENTS IN R ANA P LAZA Gap Forever New Children's Place Walt Disney Company Walmart Joe Fresh (Loblaw) Tommy Hilfiger Calvin Klain Benetton H&M Nike Target American Eagle

“T OYS OF M ISERY ” AND W AL - M ART Seventy-one percent of the toys sold in the U.S. come from China 13- to 16-hour days molding, assembling, and spray-painting toys 20-hour shifts in peak season (Christmas) Seven days a week Paid as low as 13 cents an hour Live in Shacks or Dorms No medical care or safety equipment Poor Conditions

S OME OF THE COMMON ABUSES IN THE SWEATSHOPS Forced overtime Locked bathrooms Starvation wages Pregnancy tests Denial of access to health care Workers fired and blacklisted Occasional beatings Withheld wages

C OMPANIES S UPPORTING S WEATSHOP F ACTORIES GAP Nike OLD NAVY Banana Republic Reebok Adidas Bridgestone Firestone Uniroyal Starbucks Sears

C OMPANIES S UPPORTING S WEATSHOP F ACTORIES Mattel Dell Hewlett Packard Motorola G.E. Walt Disney Target Home Depot J.C. Penny + others

S OURCES Business Week Business Research Yearbook MCSpotlight Labor Rights United Food and Commercial Workers weat_shops.cfm