Sweatshop PowerPoint
Caryn Layne
Created on December 7, 2023
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By Caryn Layne
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Sweatshops
1- What are They?
2- The history of them
4- disadvantage and danger
3- what companies use them?
5- a solution
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What are sweatshops?
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A "sweatshop" is defined by the US Department of Labor as a factory that violates 2 or more labor laws. Sweatshops often have poor working conditions, unfair wages, unreasonable hours, child labor, and a lack of benefits for workers.A company that enters into a contract with a sweatshop can incur: Civil penalties. Criminal fines. Loss of goods produced illegally.
What are sweatshops?
The history of sweatshops
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Many workplaces through history have been crowded, low-paying and without job security; but the concept of a sweatshop originated between 1830 and 1850 as a specific type of workshop in which a certain type of middleman, the sweater, directed others in garment making (the process of producing clothing)
The history of sweatshops
Why are they needed?
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What companies use them?
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In 2013, H&M promised to have all of its workers on a living wage and out of sweatshops. It has been reported that in their Bangladesh sweatshop H&M pays their employees roughly $87 (US) a month, which is a legal wage – but isn’t a living wage.
H&M
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Zara is one of the brands that use sweatshops in Istanbul, and their use of sweatshops came to light when ‘help’ notes were found sewn into clothing. These notes were then investigated and it was discovered that a factory in Istanbul was forced to close and left its employees without work and pay for the jobs they had already done..
Zara
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Victoria Secret’s use of sweatshops could be described as worse than some others. Not only are the works paid very little, but they have also been reported to be foreign nationals from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka working illegally in Jordan..
Victoria Secret
What companies use sweatshops?
Benefits of sweatshops
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The exchange between worker and employer is mutually beneficial.
It is a bad idea to prohibit sweatshop labour
It is better to do something to end global poverty than do nothing
Benefits of sweatshops
Disadvantages and dangers
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Disadvantages and dangers
A solution to sweatshops
-Demand sweatshop-free products where you shop-Buy fair trade-Educate others-Use shareholder clout to end sweatshops
A solution to sweatshops
South Korea, an East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, shares one of the world’s most heavily militarized borders with North Korea. It’s equally known for its green, hilly countryside dotted with cherry trees and centuries-old Buddhist temples, plus its coastal fishing villages, sub-tropical islands and high-tech cities such as Seoul, the capital.
South Korea
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China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. It is the world's second-most-populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land.
China
People who take jobs in sweatshops to do so because they are desperately poor and have no more appealing alternatives.
Sweatshops give people the jobs that pay more than their other alternative. Sweatshops contribute to a process of economic development.
In the worst forms of sweatshops, people are forced to work up to 72 hours straight. Those complaining would be beaten.
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking..
America
ZARA
ZARA is a Spanish multinational retail clothing chain. It specializes in fast fashion and sells clothing, accessories, shoes, beauty products and perfumes. The head office is located at Arteixo in the province of A Coruña, Galicia. It is the largest constituent company of the Inditex group.
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country as of June 2023; and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.
India
H&M
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, also known as H&M Group, is a multinational clothing company based in Sweden that focuses on fast-fashion clothing. As of 23 June 2022, H&M Group operated in 75 geographical markets with 4,801 stores under the various company brands, with 107,375 full-time equivalent positions.
Victoria's Secret
Victoria's Secret is an American lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer. Founded in 1977 by Roy and Gaye Raymond, the company's five lingerie stores were sold to Les Wexner in 1982.
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Sweatshops improve the living conditions of the workers even if we feel that the conditions are unfair. Workers choose from jobs available to them and in many cases jobs at sweatshops are the best option among their constrained choices.