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Sweatshops
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Sweatshops are factories or workplaces which violate two or more of the most basic labor laws including child labor, minimum wage, overtime and fire safety laws.
For many, the word sweatshop conjures up images of dirty, cramped, turn of the century New York tenements where immigrant women worked as seamstresses. High-rise tenement sweatshops still do exist, but, today, even large, brightly-lit factories can be the sites of rampant labor abuse.
Here are some of the common characteristics of these exploitative workplaces --
- Sub-minimum wages
- No or few employment benefits
- Non-payment of wages
- Forced overtime
- Sexual harassment
- Verbal abuse
- Illegal firings
See also Street Eco Fashion
