Phl 320 Sweatshop Practice Research Paper
Labor Practice
Missie Thomas
July 24, 2014
PHL/320
Douglas Reed
Sweatshop labor is something we hear all too often but do you know what a sweatshop really is? A sweatshop is defined by the United States Department of Labor as company that breaks 2 or more federal laws. Sweatshops are inhumane, companies force people to work in unsafe, unsanitary, for low wages, and use children as well. Companies make millions each year off of sweatshop labor. Are the items you purchase made in a sweatshop? If you shop at places like Walmart, Nike, Victoria’s Secret, or Calvin Kline then more than likely yes they are. Some common items that we buy that are made in sweatshops are shoes, clothes, coffee, and bananas. In 1992 Nike was exposed by Jeff Ballinger in his Harper article after he exposed an Indonesian employee subcontractor who made only .14 cents per hour; this is not even the required minimum wage in Indonesia as well as other documented abuses. “Many of these workers do not like …show more content…
We can draw attention to the problem, when people see the issues first hand or read about them in their newspaper and they will stop buying that brand and thus hurting profits. Monitor companies practices better, every six months investigate a company and check into the labor practices, make bigger fines and punishments for unlawful practices. We can stop buying sweatshop brands altogether by looking for labels that contain Ethical Clothing Australia (ECA) formally known as ‘no sweatshop’. This means that the product was made in Australia under the Award Wages and Conditions program. The ECA is a combined Business-Union creativity overseen by independent and not-for-profit team of management that is mostly funded by the government, they also receive money from endorsement dues. The money is used to provide ECA’s endorsement and labeling program. Some of the ECA brands include Creswick, Cue, Jets, and smart
Missie Thomas
July 24, 2014
PHL/320
Douglas Reed
Sweatshop labor is something we hear all too often but do you know what a sweatshop really is? A sweatshop is defined by the United States Department of Labor as company that breaks 2 or more federal laws. Sweatshops are inhumane, companies force people to work in unsafe, unsanitary, for low wages, and use children as well. Companies make millions each year off of sweatshop labor. Are the items you purchase made in a sweatshop? If you shop at places like Walmart, Nike, Victoria’s Secret, or Calvin Kline then more than likely yes they are. Some common items that we buy that are made in sweatshops are shoes, clothes, coffee, and bananas. In 1992 Nike was exposed by Jeff Ballinger in his Harper article after he exposed an Indonesian employee subcontractor who made only .14 cents per hour; this is not even the required minimum wage in Indonesia as well as other documented abuses. “Many of these workers do not like …show more content…
We can draw attention to the problem, when people see the issues first hand or read about them in their newspaper and they will stop buying that brand and thus hurting profits. Monitor companies practices better, every six months investigate a company and check into the labor practices, make bigger fines and punishments for unlawful practices. We can stop buying sweatshop brands altogether by looking for labels that contain Ethical Clothing Australia (ECA) formally known as ‘no sweatshop’. This means that the product was made in Australia under the Award Wages and Conditions program. The ECA is a combined Business-Union creativity overseen by independent and not-for-profit team of management that is mostly funded by the government, they also receive money from endorsement dues. The money is used to provide ECA’s endorsement and labeling program. Some of the ECA brands include Creswick, Cue, Jets, and smart