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SWEATSHOPS
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DEFINITION:
A shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
Factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
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Began between 1830 and 1850Caused by industrial revolutionBegan in the Garment IndustryLondon, New York City
Sweating (1840’s)Long HoursLow WagesUnsafe Conditions
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SWEATSHOPS AND WAL-MART
Wal-Mart products
Produced in 48 different countries
Products mainly from Asian (China, Bangladesh) and Central American (El Salvador) factories.
Produced using sweatshop labor
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TEXTILES AND WAL-MARTProduced by young women 17 to 25 years old
Forced to work seven days a week
12 to 28 cents an hour
No benefits
Housed in crowded and dirty dormitories 24-hour-a-day surveillance
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BANGLADESH AS THE CENTER OF SWEATSHOP LABOR
April 24th – 1, 200 workers lost their life
An eight-story commercial building Rana Plaza collapsed in the Greater Dhaka Area, the capital of Bangladesh
What retailers had their clothes made in this building?
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RETAILERS MAKING THEIR GARMENTS IN RANA PLAZA Gap Forever New Children's Place Walt Disney Company Walmart Joe Fresh (Loblaw) Tommy Hilfiger Calvin Klain Benetton H&M Nike Target American Eagle
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“TOYS OF MISERY” AND WAL-MART
Seventy-one percent of the toys sold in the U.S. come from China
13- to 16-hour days molding, assembling, and spray-painting toys
20-hour shifts in peak season (Christmas)
Seven days a week
Paid as low as 13 cents an hour
Live in Shacks or Dorms
No medical care or safety equipment
Poor Conditions
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SOME OF THE COMMON ABUSES IN THE SWEATSHOPS
Forced overtime
Locked bathrooms
Starvation wages
Pregnancy tests Denial of access to health care
Workers fired and blacklisted
Occasional beatings
Withheld wages
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COMPANIES SUPPORTING SWEATSHOP FACTORIES
GAP Nike OLD NAVY Banana Republic Reebok Adidas Bridgestone Firestone Uniroyal Starbucks Sears
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COMPANIES SUPPORTING SWEATSHOP FACTORIES
Mattel Dell Hewlett Packard Motorola G.E. Walt Disney Target Home Depot J.C. Penny + others
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SOURCESBusiness Weekhttp://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_48/b4011001.htm
Business Research Yearbookhttp://cbae.nmsu.edu/mgt/handout/boje/bnike/index.html
MCSpotlighthttp://www.mcspotlight.org/beyond/companies/antiwalmart.html
Labor Rights
http://www.laborrights.org/projects/corporate/walmart/index.html
United Food and Commercial Workers
http://www.ufcw.org/press_room/fact_sheets_and_backgrounder/walmart/sweat_shops.cfm