Essay On Sweatshop Industry

Sweatshop Industry

“it surprises people that there’s actually a very large number of slaves in the world today- our best estimate is 27 million. And that is defining a slave in a very narrow way; we’re not talking about people who are controlled by violence, who cannot walk away, who are being held against their will, who are being paid nothing.” -Kevin Bales.

When you hear the world “sweatshop” many people imagine something like a Gym or a store where you buy clothing for exercise. But no one imagines the true about what is really a sweatshop. The sad part is that we are part of Sweatshops. Why? Because the clothes we buy, it is made in there. If you put close attention to the label in your clothes, it going to say “Made in China”, “Made in Indonesia”, “Made in India”, or “Made in Afghanistan”. Those are not developing countries, what is really a sweatshop is; a factory, more common in the clothing industry where the workers get paid at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.

If you bought a Nicole Miller tie at Macy’s or a private -label suit a Nordstrom’s or a Jenna Lane dress at Kmart, chances are that neither you nor the store was aware of the conditions under which the clothing had been made. But no one can claim ignorance now. To the reluctant gaze of customers, manufactures, union leaders, labor

Workers are afraid to talk about their experience in the factories, some of them died in there because of the work conditions or even by an accident. In developing countries will be against the law, but some stores have a business to do with Sweatshops. Next time you go shopping put more attention to your garment label and the price of it and also think that not just your hands, but hands of foreign women ;who sacrifice their lives for 2 dollars had touched the clothing you are