sweatshop

IPA: swˈɛtʃɑp

noun

  • A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal.
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Examples of "sweatshop" in Sentences

  • Sweatshop imports are a moral crime.
  • This company is run like a sweatshop.
  • The factory turns out to be a sweatshop.
  • Criticism of the anti sweatshop movement.
  • Yes, that may mean working in a sweatshop.
  • These businesses are NOT a sweatshop of any kind.
  • Social Ecologist and anti sweatshop campaigner with No Sweat.
  • They further contend that sweatshop jobs are not necessarily inevitable.
  • Carrefour has also received criticism for engaging in sweatshop practices.
  • The goal of the album is to raise awareness of alternatives to sweatshop labor.
  • It sounds harsh, but the worst sweatshop is probably a lot better than what most Haitians have at present.
  • After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang.
  • To these people, unbelievable as it sounds to us spoiled Western civilization kids, the sweatshop is a positive force in their lives.
  • Authorities say many Chinese are working in sweatshop-like conditions that break European laws, and that many businesses don't pay taxes.
  • What the people who work for Bluewater are doing is working in sweatshop conditions hoping for a pat on the back and an extra bottle of water at the end of the day.
  • It has created a new capitalist class, a burgeoning middle class, and an urban proletariat that lives relatively better in sweatshop conditions than in rural destitution.

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