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As companies grow larger and more competitive, they are looking for cheaper ways to produce their wares and increase their profit. That is, after all, how companies are able to succeed, by giving their customers a comparable product for a cheaper price. This increases sales and the overall bottom line. Which seems to be a beneficial plan for both the companies and the consumers. That is, as long as the consumers don’t know how the product is being produced. The places that produce these products for an extremely cheap cost are called “Sweatshops”. A sweatshop is a small manufacturing establishment in which employees work long hours under substandard conditions for low wages. Sweatshops came about when employers sought to reduce overhead cost and to increase the volume of production. These forms of operation were extremely popular from the 1850’s through the 1930’s. Luckily, for Americans, through federal and state legislation, especially minimum wage and child labor laws, sweatshops have been diminished. Although companies are facing tough labor laws against sweatshops in America, some have decided to continue their inhuman practices in other countries. The unjust treatment of people in the workplace not only needs to be fought on American soil, but it also has to be fought abroad until the workers are at least paid a living wage.
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