Do you know where your shirt was made? By whom? And under what conditions? In countries around the world - including here in the United States - people are suffering abuses as they make the clothes that we wear. Sweatshop workers are routinely forced to work beyond their physical limits. Even as they toil around the clock, workers are barely paid enough to exist. On-the-job injuries occur regularly, and physical abuse and sexual intimidation are not uncommon. And when workers try to stand up for themselves and form a union, they almost always face repression by factory management - a clear violation of workers' basic human right to freedom of association. .
Sweatshops are also a hot topic in today's modern global economy. How would you react when you buy goods known for being made by slave laborers or prisoners who didn't get pay and had to work in terrible conditions? Some might not care because they are attracted by the low-price, but others might really be concerned about the circumstances behind that product. I belong to the second group of people who are really concerned about the sweatshops issue because sweatshops are still individually happening in my country, Vietnam, and generally in developing or undeveloped countries.
So why are there a lot of sweatshops in developing or undeveloped countries? Because some people might believe that a sweatshop is the first step toward modern prosperity in developing countries. But this essay will convince you that sweatshops should be exterminated and workers are not the sacrifice for a nation to develop.
"In Principle, A Case For More "Sweatshops"", by Allen R. Myerson, somehow argues that sweatshop is the first step toward modern prosperity in developing countries. She also informs us that American companies have invested more than triple in just fifteen years, fifty six billion dollars in 1995. Developing nations could advance often prescribed self-reliance and socialism, warning against foreign investment as a form of imperialism.
