Should Sweatshops Be Paid?

I believe that sweatshops should be illegal everywhere because of the treacherous working conditions and pay. No one should have to work long hours in really bad conditions for so little money. I believe the company should pay a lot more than than they normally would because if someone is working in a sweatshop, usually the really need money. If a deli clerk makes about $10 per hour, than a person who workers day and night in dire conditions should get paid more than a dollar a day.

My problem with sweatshops was how little pay the companies gave their employees. In the article, Workers in the garment industry live with harsh conditions and very low pay, it’s states that “The workers demanded a significant increase in their small salaries. They were asking for $160 per month instead of the $100 per month they earned.” This means that they wanted $40

In Confessions of a Sweatshop Inspector, Frank declared, “While one of us might tour the work floors to note all the health and safety violations (the gazebo factory, for instance, had no secondary exits, no guarding on machines, no first aid supplies, no eye protection the list kept going)” Frank describes the working conditions of one of the sweatshops he/she has seen. These workers risk their lives everyday work. They could get sick from certain fumes or injure one of their limbs if their not careful. The workers have to work in these dire conditions and still get paid so very little. In Where Sweatshops are a dream, Kristof writes, “But take it from 13 year old Neuo Chanthou, who earns less than a dollar a day.” This quote acknowledges that children are working in sweatshops too. Children should be focusing on getting an education, not trying not to slip up and get seriously hurt at a factory. This quote also acknowledges how little the children workers get paid. Child labor shouldn’t even be happening in the first