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2. The Myth of the Ethical Shopper - The ... - The Huffington Post

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   Which leads us to the first flaw with our existing model of anti-sweatshop advocacy. It’s not the largest or the second-largest company we should be worried about anymore. It’s the 44th, or the 207th. Those small-batch, hemp-woven Daisy Dukes you bought in Dumbo are far more likely to be made in a sweatshop than your $7 H&M gym shorts.

3. 1910 Chicago garment workers' strike - Wikipedia

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   The 1910 Chicago garment workers' strike, also known as the Hart, Schaffner and Marx (HSM) strike, was a labor strike established and led by women in which diverse workers in the garment industry showed their capability to unify across ethnic boundaries in response to an industry's low wages, unrealistic production demands, and poor working conditions.

4. New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 - Wikipedia

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   In 1908, Morgan had begun organizing a women's auxiliary group for the National Civic Federation, which aimed to improve the working conditions for women. By 1909, when the shirtwaist strike had broken out, the "mink brigade" was able to connect with the strikers through the Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL). The WTUL aimed to unite working ...

5. What's Life In A Sweatshop Like? Ask This 9-Year Old Manager

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   What's it like to work in a sweatshop? The underbelly of global labor is rarely exposed to the light of day, but one reporter for the Toronto Star successfully landed a gig over the summer working ...

6. Sweatshop - Wikipedia

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   A sweatshop in the United States c. 1890. A sweatshop or sweat factory is a crowded [1] workplace with very poor or illegal working conditions, including little to no breaks, inadequate work space, insufficient lighting and ventilation, or uncomfortably or dangerously high or low temperatures.

7. Sweatshop Work Conditions Alleged at Amazon.com - AOL

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   Some American Amazon.com employees have complained about sweatshop-like work conditions at the company's fulfillment center in Breinigsville, Pa., this past summer. In addition to alleging that ...