{"id":10777,"date":"2013-11-04T04:30:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T12:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=10777"},"modified":"2013-11-04T04:30:31","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T12:30:31","slug":"why-sweatshops-suck-and-what-you-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/why-sweatshops-suck-and-what-you-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Sweatshops Suck (and what you can do!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sweatshops\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You hear the term sweatshop all the time, but what does that really mean? And how can you make a difference?<\/h2>\n

I think it’s easy to trivialize sweatshop labor, because we hear the term so often, but here in the U.S. we are so far removed from these shoddy labor practices. The International Labor Rights Forum<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> defines these operations very succinctly:<\/p>\n

Sweatshops are workplaces where basic worker rights are not respected.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That means low pay, long hours, unsafe and inhumane conditions, and often employing child labor. Really, though, I don’t think any definition can take the place of actually hearing from someone who’s worked in a sweatshop.<\/p>\n

Journalist Raveena Aulakh went undercover in a Bangladeshi sweatshop for four days and reported on the back-breaking labor that she performed alongside children as young as nine. years old.<\/p>\n

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