Sweatshops
Sweatshops
Throughout the years, United States businesses have had to face protests from government officials, labor leaders, and student organizations due to employing sweatshop labor. If you are unaware of what sweatshops are, they are generally characterized as a place of employment that have very low pay, very long hours of work, and terribly poor working conditions. After hearing this, most people would assume that is awful and they should be illegal and banned immediately from all countries. Surprisingly, a lot of economists view these sweatshops as a benefit to Third World workers and recognize that all those anti-sweatshop protestors could actually reduce Third World employment, which would end up making these sweatshop workers even worse off. However I disagree.
When you think about children, most likely you think of them getting up in the morning, going to school then coming home and going outside to play. Sadly, this isn't always the case. In many other countries, children are being forced to work. Is it fair that a child is forced to work a twelve-hour shift, seven days a week earning only seven cents an hour? Most people don’t understand that this means if a child were to work eighty-four hours a week, when the maximum is typically 60 hours a week, then they will have only earned $5.55. Sometimes many have to work overtime which they aren’t paid for. If a worker cannot stay for the overtime, they are suspended without pay or they are even fired. Living on these salaries is almost impossible. A round trip bus to work costs 0.37 cents and just enough food to get by for a day is about $1.33. That means each person could spend $ 2.59 per day. The majority of the people are having spending more than they make, so a lot of them go hungry. That total doesn’t include rent, which is usually 0.86 cents a day for a one room apartment. If the worker pays the rent, there is nothing left over; therefore, they will be in debt. What about food for the family,
Throughout the years, United States businesses have had to face protests from government officials, labor leaders, and student organizations due to employing sweatshop labor. If you are unaware of what sweatshops are, they are generally characterized as a place of employment that have very low pay, very long hours of work, and terribly poor working conditions. After hearing this, most people would assume that is awful and they should be illegal and banned immediately from all countries. Surprisingly, a lot of economists view these sweatshops as a benefit to Third World workers and recognize that all those anti-sweatshop protestors could actually reduce Third World employment, which would end up making these sweatshop workers even worse off. However I disagree.
When you think about children, most likely you think of them getting up in the morning, going to school then coming home and going outside to play. Sadly, this isn't always the case. In many other countries, children are being forced to work. Is it fair that a child is forced to work a twelve-hour shift, seven days a week earning only seven cents an hour? Most people don’t understand that this means if a child were to work eighty-four hours a week, when the maximum is typically 60 hours a week, then they will have only earned $5.55. Sometimes many have to work overtime which they aren’t paid for. If a worker cannot stay for the overtime, they are suspended without pay or they are even fired. Living on these salaries is almost impossible. A round trip bus to work costs 0.37 cents and just enough food to get by for a day is about $1.33. That means each person could spend $ 2.59 per day. The majority of the people are having spending more than they make, so a lot of them go hungry. That total doesn’t include rent, which is usually 0.86 cents a day for a one room apartment. If the worker pays the rent, there is nothing left over; therefore, they will be in debt. What about food for the family,