Blog post #3

Changing sweatshops 

There was a 20year old worker in Bangladesh. And she was pregnant. When she became 6 months pregnant she was fired. Her name was Zesmin Khatun. She lost her baby and was forced to work more than one hundred hours a week. She made 24 cents an hour. This is barely even enough money to buy basic necessities of life. I think that if sweat shops stay open they should have less harsh working environments and more pay. I also think they should have benefits for their workers.

Vlog post #5

Passion blog # 3

Changing Sweat Shops

There was a 20year old worker in Bangladesh. And she was pregnant. When she became 6 months pregnant she was fired. Her name was Zesmin Khatun. She lost her baby and was forced to work more than one hundred hours a week. She made 24 cents an hour. This is barely even enough money to buy basic necessities of life. I think that if sweat shops stay open they should have less harsh working environments and more pay. I also think they should have benefits for their workers.

Modern day Slavery(Post 2)

Statistics

3.5 million people in Bangladesh work at 4,825 garment factories.  80 percent of Bangladesh’s good are produced by sweatshops. A sweatshop breaks at least 2 labor laws. 11,000 sweatshops  in the U.S. violated minimum wage and overtime laws 16,000 broke health and safety laws

In some countries it’s estimated that 250 million children ages 5-14 are forced into working at sweat ships. And are forced to work 14-16 hours a day. 400 hundred workers were killed in 50 factory factories. The NGWF has been fighting for rights with 27,000 members. Common pieces that are made in sweatshops are clothing, shoes, coffee, rugs, chocolate, toys, and bananas.

Increasing the pay of workers increased an item’s cost by 1.8 percent which means customers pay 15percent more

Workers are only paid enough to have the basic necessities in life

Women make 24 cents a garment that they sell for 140$ on average about 5-10 garments a day which equals which is max 867$ a year

11,000 sweatshops  in the U.S. violated minimum wage and overtime laws

16,000 broke health and safety laws

85-90 percent of sweatshops have women as workers and are forced to take birth control pills.

Blog post #1

    Sweat shops what they are and about them 

        Sweat shops are factories that have people forced to work and make clothes or garments. There are no sweat shops in California. People that work in sweat shops are women, children and poor people. People that work at sweat shops Make very little money and are treated badly. There are 3.5 million workers in Bangladesh Sweatshops at Nike brand some workers with the Nike sign. A woman in Bangladesh was fired while pregnant. A sweat shop was set on fire many were  killed some were in critical condition. Sweat shops are cruel. I think if sweat shops are to stay open the workers should have better work conditions and more pay.