Sweatshop Labor Practices. Angel A Montaz PHL/320 27 April 2015 Laura Lewis Sweatshop Labor Practices Sweatshop labor is something we hear a lot too often in the TV, social media, and at work on the Human Trafficking training. Sweatshop is defined by the United States ARMY and the Department of Labor as company that breaks several human and Federal laws. Sweatshops are inhumane, companies force people on false pretended promises to work in unsafe, unsanitary, and harsh conditions for low or not wages. They usually use children, woman, and old people as well.
Immigration Immigrants in todays’ society come to America for a better life, opportunities, and to be free. The Hispanics will do whatever it takes to any extreme to get beyond our borders to have the possibilities we ensure. The traffic of illegal immigrants in America currently is a problem we face because, they have taken the jobs some Americans could obtain to support their families in todays economy. We must find extract the reasons these immigrants flock to America because they’re taking jobs away from Americans during this horrid economy. Illegal immigrants have broken the law by sneaking across the borders of the United States of America.
According to Urbanministry.org (n.d.), “Human trafficking -- the sale, transport and profit from human beings who are forced to work for others -- is the modern equivalent of slavery. Against their will, millions of people around the world are forced to work for the profit of others, for example by begging, prostitution, involuntary servitude, working in sweatshops - even becoming child soldiers” (Human Trafficking: Definition, Prevalence, and Causes). Human trafficking continues to occur in virtually every country in the world. Human trafficking is known as modern day slavery and is a worldwide problem because other countries have weak laws where human trafficking flourishes. In addition, policies developed to combat human trafficking
The case study “Nordstrom: Dissension in the Ranks?”questions the compensation policies, practices and motivation of Nordstrom employees, which were linked with its high focused customer service culture. Nordstrom’s policy was to pay employees for time but its practice was something different. Compensation is driven by sales per hour, so if an employee does any work that is not ringing up the register, he or she was effectively penalized. The problem was the implementation of the performance evaluation mechanism - sales per hour. The integral part of the problem was also identified in poor differentiation of “non-sell” and “selling” time.
The Jungle Kendall Paris July 13, 2012 Life in industrial America, particularly for immigrants and working class people was a big struggle. There were so many hardships that they had to go through such as: working conditions, unjust businessmen/wages, and poverty/starvation. “So America was a place of which lovers and young people dreamed. If one could only manage to get the price of passage, he could count his troubles at an end.” (Pg. 27) Most of the immigrants are tricked into the beliefs that they can find steady work, high wages, and a comfortable life in America.
However, because foreigners are willing to work for less money, it gives them a more adept position in the American economy and working force, regardless of their education. Therefore, the abundance of labor creates a shortage of jobs which in turn leads to a “rough estimate that suggested that as many as 42 million jobs, or nearly one-third of the nation's total, were susceptible to offshoring” (Gosselin, pg 2). In essence, it doesn’t matter how much you know, but rather how little you will work for. The Social Problems textbook states that “the globalization of the economy is not a neutral process. Decisions are based on what will maximize profits, thus serving the owners of capital, and not necessarily workers or the communities where factories are located” (Social Problems, pg 427).
These areas affect American's standard of living which can cause great concern and discussion. Many Americans argue that illegal immigrants are taking all of their jobs leaving many unemployed. "…The more that illegal aliens are able to take jobs in a sector of the economy, the less attractive the sector becomes to U.S workers, and the greater appearance of validity to the lie that only illegal aliens are willing
Human trafficking U.S./Mexico border May 1, 2013 Abstract The human trafficking in the United States and U.S. border are having a very hard time in with the Cartel, Corruption, drugs and human trafficking. Today human trafficking is considered the modern slavery. Many Americans remain ignorant of human trafficking within the United States, believing that this inhumane act only occurs in third-world countries, but an estimated twenty-five million people are victims. Human trafficking is considered just another name for modern day slavery wherein the victims involved are forced, coerced and deceived in to labor, and sexual exploitation. There are millions of people who being into the United States.
Employers knowingly employ hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants each year on farms, in restaurants, as domestic help, and in labor-intensive jobs. Without these workers some industries could not survive. Undocumented workers fill a need in this country and will work for wages that most Americans will not (“Employment protection policies and the undocumented worker: a balancing of competing interests,” 2005). Conclusion In conclusion, our current immigration laws are tearing families apart. Immigration reform is needed, but there is not a one size fits all solution.
Hannah McLeod Mr. Ziehm American Literature 5 February 2012 Not For Sale The United States serves as a passage way and harbor of many human traffickers throughout the nation, “each year about 17,500 individuals are brought into the United States and held against their will as victims of human trafficking” (Talati 1). Human trafficking may be defined as the acquiring of humans as unwilling subjects for the purpose of making a profit. Next to the drug industry, human trafficking is now the most profitable and fastest growing criminal industry in the world (Anderson 8). This industry is today’s modern time slavery. Although the severity of this situation is not fully known because of its secrecy, organizations are working towards this goal