sweatshop
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thumb|right|upright=1.25|A sweatshop in the United States c. 1890 A sweatshop or sweat factory is a cramped workplace with very poor and/or illegal working conditions, including little to no breaks, inadequate work space, insufficient lighting and ventilation, or uncomfortably or dangerously high or low temperatures. The work may be difficult, tiresome, dangerous, climatically challenging, or underpaid. Employees in sweatshops may work long hours with unfair wages, regardless of laws mandating overtime pay or a minimum wage; child labor laws may also be violated. Women make up 85 to 90% of swe
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28 sectionsContents
- Use of the term
- History
- 19th and early 20th centuries
- Late 20th century to present
- Industries using sweatshop labor
- Contributing factors
- Fast fashion
- Government corruption and inadequate labour protection legislation
- Low education level
- Artificial Intelligence
- Impacts of sweatshops
- Child labour
- Environmental pollution
- Anti-sweatshop movement
- History
- 19th and early 20th centuries
- Late 20th century to present
- Anti-sweatshop organizations
- In Asia
- Sweatshop-free
- Debate over the effects of globalization and sweatshops
- Criticisms
- Support
- Literature
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|upright=1.25|A sweatshop in the United States c. 1890 A sweatshop or sweat factory is a cramped workplace with very poor and/or illegal working conditions, including little to no breaks, inadequate work space, insufficient lighting and ventilation, or uncomfortably or dangerously high or low temperatures. The work may be difficult, tiresome, dangerous, climatically challenging, or underpaid. Employees in sweatshops may work long hours with unfair wages, regardless of laws mandating overtime pay or a minimum wage; child labor laws may also be violated. Women make up 85 to 90% of sweatshop workers and may be forced by employers to take birth control and routine pregnancy tests to avoid supporting maternity leave or providing health benefits.
The Fair Labor Association's "2006 Annual Public Report" inspected factories for FLA compliance in 18 countries including Bangladesh, El Salvador, Colombia, Guatemala, Malaysia, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, China, India, Vietnam, Honduras, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, and the United States. The U.S. Department of Labor's "2015 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor" found that "18 countries did not meet the International Labour Organization's recommendation for an adequate number of inspectors."
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