Sweatshop meaning

swĕt'shŏp'
A shop or factory in which employees work long hours at low wages under poor conditions.
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A shop, factory, etc. where employees work long hours at low wages under poor working conditions.
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A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal.
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Sweatshop Sentence Examples

  • Fair trade practices do not allow the use of child labor, sweatshop type environments, or slave labor in foreign nations.

  • I do know that some celebrities I know are wearing clothing that are made from organic products - because it helps the environment, or clothing that is made in "sweatshop free" factories, that don't engage in unfair labor practices.

  • This week's writer, Robin Mukherjee, draws his main plot from the sensitive issue of child labor in an Asian sweatshop.

  • labourfight against sweatshop labor around the world, especially that employed by transnational monopolies.

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