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Task 2: How much do you know about “sweatshops” in the US (part 1)?
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Task 2: How much do you know about “sweatshops” in the US (part 1)---(1)?
Why is no one interested in buying land in Beattyville? What are the main commercial activities there? Who provides legitimate job opportunities there? What is Lion Apparel? Who is Carol Shelton? Use your own words to summarize her situation. What is formaldehyde? What is used for ? What 's wrong with the employment practices at Lion Apparel ? Please list three factors. Who is Joyce Bennett? Use your own words to summarize her situation.
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Task 2: How much do you know about “sweatshops” in the US (part 1)---(2)?
Why is no one interested in buying land in Beattyville? (too rocky for commercial farming, too remote and isolated for development) What are the main commercial activities there? (Selling illegal alcohol and marijuana at a reasonably low price) Who provides legitimate job opportunities there? (a private prison and a data processing center)
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Task 2: How much do you know about “sweatshops” in the US (part 1)---(3)?
What is Lion Apparel? ( a company that operates sew factories) Who is Carol Shelton? Use your own words to summarize her situation.(48 years old, nine years working there, low wage, exhausted, back pain, fired for refusal to do a job that might hurt her back) What is formaldehyde? What is used for ? (a chemical used to keep fabric stiff and free of creases.)
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Task 2: How much do you know about “sweatshops” in the US (part 1)---(4)?
What 's wrong with the employment practices at Lion Apparel ? Please list three factors. (Low wages, dangerous working conditions, intimidation when workers try to join the Union.) Who is Joyce Bennett? Use your own words to summarize her situation.(58 years old, stitch collars on navy uniforms, never made more than minimum wage, supplement income with food stamps)
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