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.
The glass ceiling barrier is a term used by sociologists to describe an imaginary barrier women face in the workplace that keeps them from being promoted into top level positions. “In 1964, when congress passed the Civil Rights Act, that banned workplace discrimination based on race or sex, women working full time made 59 cents to a full-time working man's dollar.” (Murphy and Graff 32) Half a century has passed and women working full-time now make 77 cents to a full-time working man's dollar. Should women have to wait 100 years for this injustice to seize as African Americans have? Absolutely not. Women who are able to keep their jobs, and find a reasonable and affordable childcare facility are impacted by the glass ceiling barrier.
Allegations of Ethical and Corporate Social Responsibility Lapses Throughout the paper, the author outlines how Nike is sourcing its products in factories and countries where low wages, poor working conditions, and human rights problems are rampant. Evidence is widespread and involves underpaid workers in Indonesia, child labor in Cambodia and Pakistan, and poor working conditions in China and Vietnam. (Locke & Siteman, 2003) In addition, the author argues that Nike is essentially ignoring these problems and is not being a good corporate citizen. In its factories in Indonesia, Nike subcontractors are paying lower than minimum wage to its workers. In fact, the subcontractors were petitioning the Indonesian government for exemptions so they could legally pay less.
It was 1941 and it was wartime for America. 16 million Americans left their jobs and homes for blood shed and battle. Because many Americans left their jobs, factories and shop could not produce as fast. The women were the only hope. The cultural division of labor by sex was going to come to an end.
Also, his partner of 13 years has committed adultery and thus they divorced after 13years of marriage. This is a life changing event for Hubert that has contributed to the stress he is now experiencing. As well as this, Hubert may also suffer from stress as he works in a printing factory doing different shifts each week; such as weekends, evenings and nights. In addition, there could be many potential effects on Hubert’s body, due to the stress he is experiencing. For example, the stress could be having a negative effect on his immune system.
In picture A, its showing children with lost limbs while at work. This means the factories they worked in were very dangerous. In Document J, it's an interview between the interviewer and a child who works in a factories. The child had said he worked from 6am to 8pm and if he was ever late, he was severely beaten as he said. Children worked long hours, not adults but children and they received consequences for just being late.
Immigrants worked in sweatshops that were dangerous. Many immigrant workers were killed and injured (OK). Even young children worked in these dangerous factories (OK). Reformers and Progressives got laws passed to prohibit child labor. They also got a minimum wage set for women (Document 3).
Many poor families were housed in workhouses, the conditions inside were deliberately harsh and families were often split up and housed in different parts of the workhouse. They all had to wear uniforms and the food and diet was terrible. All poor houses were Government run facilities, because of this the workers and families had to abide by their rules and regulations. The Beverage Report 1942 In December 1942 the government asked Sir William Beverage to write a report to help people on low incomes. Later he published a report that proposed that people of a working age should be made to pay a weekly contribution, in return for this, a benefit would be paid to people who were sick, unemployed, retired, or widowed.
Such slavery consists of sweat shops, forced labor, and child labor. In that case, we will discover what’s unethical about modern slavery. Companies such as Nike have been alleged to have their products manufactured in sweatshops in Vietnam, China. The workers were working in bad conditions, caught common colds from other employees, and paid under minimum wage. For such unethical behavior I would create a system to fix the work environments sanitation, and raise the wages to minimum wage for the workers.
I would think someone making over twice the normal pay in that area would be better off. 4. Could Nike have handled the negative publicity over sweatshops better? What might it have done differently, not just from a public relations perspective, but also from a policy perspective? d. Probably not.