Bangladesh Sweatshop
Bangladesh has the world’s worst sweatshop conditions. JMS
garments factory is located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. This factory makes
school uniforms for Wal-Mart that is branded “Faded Glory”. In fact 15% of
Wal-Mart’s eleven billion dollar garment business is made in Bangladesh. About ninety employees complained in their
interviews about their working conditions.
They said they sometimes worked nineteen hour shifts and were only paid
about twenty dollars a month. In
addition, they were verbally and physically abused for even a simple reason of
being a little late to work.
I think that it is terrible that a huge American company (such
as Wal-Mart) has their products made in other countries where sweatshops are
able to exist. Fair wages should be paid
to all employees around the world and there is no excuse for poor or slave like
labor conditions.
I feel that sweatshops are the worst thing in the world. But then I feel without them we wouldn't have clothes. I feel kind of guilty now that I know that people can barely live off of their money but work all day all week.
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