Sweatshops
...ration as a sweatshop include underage workers, unacceptable wages, poor working conditions, and a country whose standards allow it. Large organizations or corporations around the world who exploit children of developing countries such as the Philippines or Madagascar run these sweatshops. The children in these sweatshops are paid in change for about sixteen hours of work a day. From “The Great Quota” article – How does government policy contribute to the creation of sweatshops? Government policy often contributes to the creation of sweatshops by allowing corporations to exploit loopholes in the system. Government policy creates quotas, taxes, and tariffs for certain areas of the world. Managers and operators of these sweatshops then re-locate to other far-reaching parts of the world and set up new sweatshops that are omitted from such laws. For example, Madagascar is one of the latest loopholes in the system because it has no quota restrictions in the United States and Europe. Because these quotas are not everywhere, it allows operators of these shops to relocate and ship from countries omitted from such laws. North America’s free trade also contributes to the loopholes and allows operators to get around the system. From the Management Behind Bars and on the clock article – How does this situation relate to workers from developing countries? This situation relates to workers from developing countries in the sense that these prisoners are basically working in a sweatshop. These guys are making a dollar and change per hour, sewing garments, and under the watchful eye of supervisors. These situations are also similar in the fact that both sets of people, workers and prisoners, really have no other option of generating income, or having a chance to learn a trade. Both of their situations are in need of some improve...