What kind of problems did workers face in sweatshops?

What kind of problems did workers face in sweatshops?

Sweatshops often have poor working conditions, unfair wages, unreasonable hours, child labor, and a lack of benefits for workers.

What are the benefits of sweatshops?

The benefit of sweatshops is that they move low-skill workers out of the countryside and into the cities, allowing the country as a whole to grow. Lewis’s theory can be best shown in China, where urbanization has led to rapid industrial growth and development.

What are the advantages of sweatshops?

Are sweatshops good or bad?

And sweatshops not only reduce poverty, but they also provide empowerment for women. Research has shown that work in sweatshops delays marriage and pregnancy for women and girls, and also increases their school enrollment. Poor women in developing countries are among the most vulnerable people on the planet.

Are there any benefits to sweatshops?

How are sweatshops beneficial?

Do you think sweatshops are better than other jobs?

Sweatshops are awful places to work. But they are often less awful than other jobs sweatshop workers could take. And this is the basic argument in defence of sweatshops. When people argue against them, the question we should ask is: “Compared to what?”. Most evidence suggests that sweatshops pay better than the alternatives.

Who are the workers in sweatshops in the Third World?

Women and children were often the workers in 19th century U.S. and British sweatshops, and some anecdotal evidence from the Third World suggests this may be true there too. It is also useful to compare apparel industry workers’ earnings to just other workers’ wages.

How many hours does the average sweatshop worker work?

This, if anything, should underestimate sweatshop workers’ earnings. Again, it’s difficult to know how many hours the average sweatshop worker does every week, but most anti-sweatshop campaigners suggest that it is more than 70 hours per week.

What should we do about the sweatshop problem?

The lesson here may be that work that focuses on improving wages and conditions for sweatshop workers, not closing down sweatshops and trying to wash our hands altogether, may be the best approach.