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.