sweat shop
Exploitative garment factory
A sweatshop is a factory or workshop where workers labor for long hours under poor conditions for low pay.
The term emerged in the garment industry but applies to any exploitative manufacturing operation: The investigation uncovered sweatshop conditions in the warehouse.
Also spelled as one word: sweatshop.
Callously causing suffering
- overworkToil to exhaustion
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
child labor · forced labor · trafficking · modern slavery · victimization · degradation · suffering · powerlessness
Craft with needle and thread
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- fabricWoven or knit material
- factoryIndustrial production facility
assembly line · clothing · fashion · apparel · fast fashion · manufacturing · production · outsourcing
Given inadequate wages
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- pieceworkPay per unit produced
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- migrant workersPeople moving for jobs
unskilled · subsistence wages · wage theft · unpaid · no benefits · day laborers · quota · shift work
Organized economic protest
- fair tradeEquitable exchange between parties
- activismDirect effort for reform
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- labor rightsEmployees' legal workplace entitlements
unionization · inspection · regulation · transparency · certification · living wage · ethical sourcing · corporate responsibility
inhumane
Callously causing suffering
- overworkToil to exhaustion
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
coercion · child labor · forced labor · trafficking · modern slavery · victimization · degradation · suffering · powerlessness · vulnerability
sewing
Craft with needle and thread
factory · assembly line · clothing · fashion · apparel · fast fashion · manufacturing · production · outsourcing · offshoring
underpaid
Given inadequate wages
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- pieceworkPay per unit produced
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
migrant workers · unskilled · subsistence wages · wage theft · unpaid · no benefits · day laborers · quota · shift work · exhaustion
boycott
Organized economic protest
- fair tradeEquitable exchange between parties
- activismDirect effort for reform
- advocacyPleading for a cause
labor rights · unionization · inspection · regulation · transparency · certification · living wage · ethical sourcing · corporate responsibility · awareness
sweat shopethical business
Commerce following moral principles