What is Sweatshop

A sweatshop or sweat factory is a crowded workplace with very poor, illegal working conditions. The manual workers are poorly paid, work long hours, and experience poor working conditions. Some illegal working conditions include poor ventilation, little to no breaks, inadequate work space, insufficient lighting, or uncomfortably/dangerously high or low temperatures. The work may be difficult, tiresome, dangerous, climatically challenging, or underpaid. Workers 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 US. 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.”

How you will benefit

(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:

Chapter 1: Sweatshop

Chapter 2: Labour law

Chapter 3: No Sweat (organisation)

Chapter 4: Labor rights

Chapter 5: Charles Kernaghan

Chapter 6: Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights

Chapter 7: International Labor Rights Forum

Chapter 8: Fair Labor Association

Chapter 9: Clean Clothes Campaign

Chapter 10: Textile industry in Bangladesh

Chapter 11: Anti-sweatshop movement

Chapter 12: Child labour in Bangladesh

Chapter 13: Sweatshop-free

Chapter 14: Nike sweatshops

Chapter 15: Fair Wear Foundation

Chapter 16: Alta Gracia Apparel

Chapter 17: Clothing industry

Chapter 18: Export-oriented employment

Chapter 19: Ethical Trading Initiative

Chapter 20: National Garment Workers Federation

Chapter 21: Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies

(II) Answering the public top questions about sweatshop.

(III) Real world examples for the usage of sweatshop in many fields.

Who this book is for

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Sweatshop.

Microeconomics