The term sweatshop was originally came about during the industrial revolution in the 1800's and 1900's to describe the subcontracting system of labor. The sweatshops were run by middle men and these middle men's profit was tied to the amount of labor they could sweat out of their workers. .
Sweatshops actually rang the sweat of out their workers; it is practically like slavery. Men, women, and even children were subjected to low wages, excessive hours, unsanitary and dangerous working conditions. .
Sweatshop conditions are imposed on many third world countries because American industries seek out cheaper employment in order to manufacturer their products at cheaper rates in order to increase profits. This is a positive outcome for American industries and stock holders. On the other hand this is both a negative and a positive outcome for the employees at these sweatshops. First of all American intervention is a positive factor in creating employment for third world countries where employment is bleak. It also have many more negative effects than positive effects because of the lack of intervention between America and these third world countries. By intervention I mean the conditions these employees are subjected to. America makes jobs for these people but fails to set up codes of conduct, supply them with adequate work facilities and conditions and most importantly laws that regulate how these employees should be treated. We must also address the amount of pay when we discuss the negative impact of sweatshops. America often fails to set up salary regulations; this causes they bosses or leaders of these sweatshops to take advantage of the employees by forced overtime, low wages, and denied privileges of breaks. .
Many different cultures face the harsh conditions of sweatshops because of their low economic status. Some of these cultures include; Chinese, Koreans, and Mexicans.
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