Sweatshops may exist in any country but are more commonly found in LEDC’s. Many of the clothes sold in retail outlets in MEDC’s are manufactured in factories in LEDC’s. In many industries, including the fashion industry, jobs have been lost in MEDC’s because goods and clothes can be produced (manufactured) cheaply and more efficiently in the poorer parts of the world. This is because manufacturing overseas is cheaper; the wages there are lower, due to lots of workers being available and there being no minimum wage. Therefore manufacturers make bigger profit.
The second example given is that the money earned daily by laborers is often higher than the average national wage. The final and third example is that there is no systematic alternative to sweatshops they cannot be replaced, only attempted to be reformed. Powell presents a well supported argument, he has done research and found information that can even sway a radical activist. Although Powells argument proves the advantages of being a sweatshop worker in a Third World country, the common facts about sweatshops from articles in the Humboldt State University newspaper by J. McClain counters Powells argument with evidence of sweatshops having harsh working conditions and without recognition for worker safety and rights. McClain one of the many Humboldt State University students who are active participants of human rights assemblies and have shown deep interest in supporting the fight against Sweatshops.
1 The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire has been described as the worst disaster to happen during the early years of the industrial revolution. It happened at New York, in 1909. The company occupied the 8th and 9th floors at 23-29 Washington Place in the heart of Manhattan’s garment district. As sweat shops were at the time Triangle was very progressive. The factory was quite roomy compared to most other shops, and they had installed modern electric sewing machines.
INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL ISSUES IN THE HISTORY OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY Michelle Gilruth The Social Issue of Unions There are many social issues that have affected manufacturing over the years. Many of these issues led to the formation of unions. Before unions, unskilled workers did not fair well. They received half the pay of skilled workers like craftsmen, artisans, and mechanics. Many people moved to cities to work in industry and about 40 percent of those workers were low-wage earners.1 As industry grew, women, children, and poor immigrants found themselves the main targets for work in factories.
It also affected the economy as payrolls, pay rates, salaries, or wages decreased as the population increases due to rapid urbanization. The rapid urbanization and soaring population also resulted in rapid spread of diseases due to the condition and situation of the new industrial city. 2.) How did the factory system change the way people worked? Prior to the Industrial Revolution, most of the people migrated from farms to cities, also known as urbanization.
Regardless, there continues to be many socio-economic problems associated with it. With the attraction of new businesses, wealthy professionals, and tourism, there is a trend for property value and rent prices to rise, causing less wealthy residents to move out. The issue of gentrification is one of great controversy and has many interpretations. If one is defining gentrification as simply urban revitalization, it is hard to understand why people are offended by the idea. The more broadly understood definition, found in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, among others, is “the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents” (Webster).
The reasoning being job lossduring the Great Recession combined with higher wages like construction, manufacturing and finance hard, also job growth has is in low-wage industries. This is not a short term trend and the government is showing that to protect its citizens from going below their standard of living, hitting poverty level, more consumers spending and protecting them from employers. The standard of living is different from whomever you may talk to. Setting a minimum wage deriving from ones standard of living has many aspects to it such as; general economic conditions, nominal gross domestic product; inflation labor supply and demand, business operating costs and the number and trend of bankruptcies. Every-one citizen needs to have minimum salary needed to maintain minimum living standard.
to rise tremendously throughout the centuries. As economic of today, the United States is in a recession period which have led the unemployment rate to increase; moreover, it causes the gross domestic product, the measure of the total economic outputs of the country, is decreasing. Outsourcing has become political issues that have led the United States in to a deeper recession; however, other countries’ is receiving benefit from the outsourcing which help to raise their economies. The recession has caused the United States to raise their national debts and increasing the taxes in its own country to help reduce the financial crisis that they are having. In the book Outsourcing America: Wages in developing countries such as India and China are 10 to 20% of comparable U.S. workers, and there is a nearly endless supply of educated underemployed workers in those countries.
This is because of the illegal immigrants that will quickly fill any openings and work for lower wages. Those who are working and making what the normal wage would be are being pushed out by under bidders. The debate on whether the immigrants help or hurt the economy is still at large. If we keep the immigrants here more Americans are left unemployed, but the cost of housing would decrease. On the other hand if the government tries to deport these illegal immigrants and succeeds the housing costs will once again go up, but it gives American citizens
The minimum wage was far lower than the livable wage, however, welfare reform was expecting people to become independent through these unlivable minimum wages. True independence with minimum wage was never a possibility and the lives of the impoverished only became more dire. Due to the low minimum wage, Ehrenreich was forced to find a second job, even with the advantage of starting with an ample sum of money. Also, like others she met that lacked welfare support, these jobs were in terrible settings. Descriptions of these settings, including no breaks, slippery floors, abundant second-hand smoke, and more, reminds one that the factories of the Industrial Revolution have returned.