After reading the articles from this week I found out that Sweat shops are actually a good transitional phase from the rural area into cities. Sweat shops actually give people the opportunity to leave their towns and go live in the city where they can make more money. In order to get into the society, they can work at sweat shops only temporarily to put some money aside for their education. After getting a degree in a professional field they can leave and start their lives the way they want.
In the article, “Sweat, Fire and Ethic,” the writer shows us how badly conditioned Sweat shops used to be. He mentioned how these conditions can lead to disasters and fatalities. How a fire killed 146 young workers in a sweat shop in the USA in 1911, and how the accidents in February and March of 2006 killed 88 young women and girls in Bangladesh. Shouldn’t we care about these working conditions that are killing those young people? Instead of thinking whether or not to buy the stuff made in these developing countries?
I agree with you. We (the people in western countries) are making a big mistake comparing the conditions in those sweatshops to our nice and high-tech factories. We need to keep in mind that the most important point is job creation. By creating jobs, companies are giving these people the opportunity to earn some money in a legitimate way instead of stealing or causing variety of problems.
ReplyDeleteall we can do is join an organization, perhaps. out of sight out of mind. until it impacts us directly. money is what links us (consumer) to the sweatshops. once it effects our wallet then people start to care
ReplyDeleteI agree it takes one voice to stand up and make a difference in the world. I think people should focus more on the ideal picture here, the people dying, instead of the smaller things that we put more focus on.
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