What Are The Arguments Against Sweatshops

A woman who does not have many rights and protections make clothes for women who do. In the west people protested against low wages and long hours, such liberties cannot be said for those in developing countries. It is the west’s past but the everyday life of those in developing countries. The west sacrifices the rights of those in developing countries for the “greater good” of developed ones. Big corporations bring their harmful factories not allowed in the west into developing countries in hopes to exploit the human rights of others for profit.

Originally people intended corporations to be for the public good. Corporations argue that their actions are still positive and globalization allows the spread of democracy and human rights. Exposing

Within these factories, they especially exploit females who make up most of the industry. For example, sexual abuse, “We heard about the widespread sexual harassment; managers … try to touch and hug them and threaten to fire them if they refuse. We were told of the dehumanizing verbal and physical abuse; managers scream at workers…” (Feminists Against Sweatshops). Additionally, there are many cases of slave labour and child labour, with children as young as five years old. As well as factory fires killing hundreds of workers due to locked doors. An example from The Corporation, investigators found children from a developing country made pants for a Wal-Mart children’s charity in the west. Workers do not have much of a choice as factories can replace them with many others willing to work regardless of conditions. The industrialization of the fashion industry exploits cheap labour and these sweatshops often violate two or more Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For example, the right to life and living in freedom and safety (3), no slavery (4), no torture, cruel, or degrading treatment or punishment (5), and the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation on working hours. These sweatshops exist wherever there is an opportunity to exploit workers who lack knowledge and resources to stand up for