Sweatshop Thesis

Introduction: Sweatshop is mainly a small factory or shop in which workers are poorly paid and work under adverse conditions. This type of sweatshop is mainly common in textile industry in the beginning of twentieth century.

Thesis Statement: Sweatshops have major impacts on economy, workers, and their health.

Considering the effect of sweatshops on economy, the impact can be explained by getting into two main aspects: Business and sweatshops exploitation. Firstly, from the perspective of business, sweatshops have been a factor in the production of goods around the world for centuries, but the globalization of business has led increasing numbers of major corporations to take advantage of low-cost sweatshop labor in developing countries. These are overwhelmingly lucrative since they capitalize on low-wage labor in developing countries and significantly reduce production costs. Many major clothing and footwear companies, for example, have been linked to sweatshops. Brands such as Nike, GAP, Converse and Levi’s, have all been
Sweatshop workers are paid less than their daily expenses, they are never able to save any money to improve their lives. Some people work for as little as 1 US cent per hour, often more than 100 hours per week in conditions of poor air quality and extreme heat. Workers are forced to work on late nights and irregular timings without any particular schedule.Sweatshops are not an ideal place of work for anyone; however risks are often doubled for children. Children most often do not receive proper training and are not adequately supervised. Another aspect that workers are worried of is, safety. Workers often work in dilapidated buildings where pest infestations and dirty facilities are common.The restrooms in their workplace are often dirty and have poor plumbing, which can attract unwanted