Sweatshops In America

Americans are driven by the idea of "more for less" are blinded to the fact many are suffering through the use of cheap foreign labor. Many of us are aware of the issue of cheap labor happening in third world countries, but can't wrap our heads around it affecting the U.S. According to a national Labor committee 2006 report an estimated 200 children, some 11 years old or even younger, are sewing clothing for Hanes, Wal-Mart, J.C. Penny, and Puma at the Harvest Rich factory in Bangladesh (Labor and Work life). Cheap foreign labor, although it may have its advantages they are outweighed indefinitely by the disadvantages placed by big corporations such as Walmart driven to do so in order to please U.S. citizens.

Walmart has been accused of many horrible crimes, one in particular is the use of cheap foreign labor, forcing people to work in sweatshops to aid in making more money. Sweatshops are defined as a factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions. In 1996, after Charles Kernaghan and the National Labor Committee revealed that Kathie Lee Gifford's
No corporation should have to use sweatshops to provide low prices to its customers. They should be able find alternatives to these issues. With the amount of lawsuits Wal-Mart has received they should understand they need to stop the crimes they are accused of. Americans should know Wal-Mart isn't entirely at fault for this issue. Americans have a bad mentality that if its not on sale it's not worth buying. We should all be educated and be rewired to think otherwise. Lastly Americans need to quench their thirst for cheap prices and the idea of more for less. With all this in mind there is no justifying exploiting children and adults from other countries or even this one. Sweatshops are illegal, unethical and ultimately should be stopped all across the