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    This article discusses the issue of sweatshops around the world. It provides facts about poor working conditions and low pay for workers in sweatshops located mainly in developing countries with fewer safety laws. The article mentions that celebrity fashion bloggers lived and worked in a Cambodian sweatshop for a TV show to experience the harsh realities. It also discusses how students at many universities launched campaigns in 2013 to prevent sweatshops and force brands to improve safety in factories. Finally, it provides suggestions for how readers can help, such as asking companies to ensure their products are not made using sweatshops or forced child labor.

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    Protesting Sweatshops!

    by Brian Tinoco

    Table of Contents
    1. Introduction
    2. Facts About Sweatshops
    3. Celebrity Involvement

    4. Student Activism
    5. How You Can Help
    6. Conclusion
    7. Works Cited

    Introduction
    Indevelopingcountries,anestimated168millionchildrenages5to14are
    forcedtowork.Sweatshopsareahorribleproblemworldwide.Inthisarticle,I
    willexplainthefacts,Iwillintroducecelebritieswhohelp,andstudentsthat
    wroteaboutsweatshops.finallyiwillexplainhowyoucanhelp.

    Facts about Sweatshops


    Sweatshopsareaproblemworldwidebecausepeoplehadtoworkandthere
    andtheygetpaidlittletonothinginahorribleworkenvironment.30workers
    havetomake300garmentsandorget2e.Therewasroughly1000workers.
    Theyaremainlylocatedincountrieswithlesssafetylaws.Iftheygetinhurtthey
    won'treceiveanyhelp.

    celebrity involvement

    3fashionbloggers
    AnnikenJorgensen,FridaOttesenandLudvigHambro
    agreed
    togotoasweatshopforamonth,foratvshow
    ButonceAnnikenJorgensen,
    FridaOttesenandLudvigHambrotoucheddowninacrampedworkroomin
    PhnomPenh,theyquicklyrealizedtheywerentintheircushyhotelsanymore
    andwouldhavetoenduretheharshrealities
    morethan500,000workers
    .
    ThreepeoplewenttoCambodiaforamonthandlivedinasmallhousewhile
    workinginthesweatshop.

    Student Activism
    Infall2013,studentsatmanyuniversitieslaunchedacampaignend
    deathtrapstohelppreventsweatshops.Infallof2013,UnitedStudents
    AgainstSweatshopslaunchedtheEndDeathtrapscampaigninresponse
    tothemassiveworkersafetycrisisintheBangladeshgarmentindustrya
    crisisthathaskilledatleast1,500garmentworkerssince2012.Thegoalof
    thiscampaignisforcecollegelogoapparelbrandstosigntheBangladesh
    SafetyAccord.abindingcontractbetweenapparelcompaniesandglobal
    andBangladeshiunions,signedbyover200brandsandretailers
    worldwide,thatwouldrequirebrandstotakeresponsibilityforsafetyintheir
    subcontractedfactoriesinameaningfulwaytotransformthegarment
    industryfromdeathtrapstosafeworkplaces.

    How to Help this issue:


    Askcompaniesyoudobusinesswithtoensurethatnosweatshoporforced
    childlaborisusedinthemanufacturingoftheproductstheysell.Thenext
    timeyougoshoppingforclothes,shoes,orhouseholditems,takeaminute
    tofilloutacustomercommentcardandaskthecompanytoworkwiththeir
    supplierstomakesurethatworkersarepaidalivingwageandtreated
    fairly.Orvisitthecompany'swebsiteandsendamessageonline.

    conclusion
    Nowdoyouseehowsweatshopsareaprobleminthepoorcountriestheygetabused,poorwork
    standards,andgetpaidsolittle

    work cited
    http://www.greenamerica.org/programs/sweatshops/whatyoucando/

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/28/sweatshop-reali
    ty-show_n_6555436.html
    http://usas.org/campaigns/garment-worker-solidarity/

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article1015642/WhyBritishyoungstersbuyhighstreetfashio
    nvisitingIndiassweatshops.html

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