Why Do Sweatshops Bring Prosperity To All People?

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Everything comes from somewhere. Going from the clothing you are wearing to the towels hanging in your bathroom, they all have a place where they are made. The tags on these items will tell the tale. These tags were most likely sewn together by a person working somewhere in the developing world, allegedly getting paid a lower wage in a year than someone in Canada would get in a day. This atrocity is called a sweatshop. Sweatshops are outsourcing factories that supply products for wealthier countries and do not take it as a priority to enforce human rights, such as adequate working conditions. So, my question is, do sweatshops bring prosperity to all people or does it for just some? The three sources I was given give some perspectives that can apply to this question. The first perspective, or source, is a short paragraph that can be described as a pro-globalization view. It goes to say that Sweatshops are adequate enough for the moment, yet soon will expire because of better job choices and economic awareness. The writer compares sweatshops with mines and mills from the 19th century, as to bring public to the view that sweatshops will eventually be overruled by better options such as higher paying jobs, and human rights such as child protection and reasonable working hours. …show more content…

This picture captured a scene in which an adolescent girl is standing, surrounded by fabric and threading machines. This factory was most likely her job and could also have been her life, since child labor laws in the 19th century revolution were like those in the modern day sweatshops. In this picture I see a little girl unhappy and surrounded by litter and loud machines. She could be a representation of the many children in modern times, around the world, who face the same things she did, and some worse than her. I believe, from what I see, that this picture could be from an anti-globalization

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