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  1. Sweatshop - Wikipedia

    The phrase sweatshop was coined in 1850, meaning a factory or workshop where workers are treated unfairly, for example, by having low wages, working long hours, and living in poor conditions.

  2. What is a Sweatshop? - National Museum of American History

    What is a Sweatshop? A sweatshop is more than just a metaphor for a lousy job. Although there is no clear, single definition of the term, it generally refers to a workplace where relatively unskilled …

  3. Sweatshop | Exploitation, Human Rights & Solutions | Britannica

    Sweatshop, workplace in which workers are employed at low wages and under unhealthy or oppressive conditions. In England, the word sweater was used as early as 1850 to describe an employer who …

  4. Sweatshop - New World Encyclopedia

    Sweatshop is a term often used to describe a manufacturing facility that is physically or mentally abusive, or that crowds, confines, or compels workers, or forces them to work long and unreasonable …

  5. SWEATSHOP Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of SWEATSHOP is a shop or factory in which employees work for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions. How to use sweatshop in a sentence.

  6. FAQs about the Sweatshop Problem | Green America

    The US Department of Labor defines a sweatshop as any factory that violates two or more labor laws, such as those pertaining to wages and benefits, working hours, and child labor.

  7. The Economy: An Undergraduate Research Guide : Sweatshops

    A sweatshop is a workplace in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy or oppressive conditions. This Research Guide will assist you in finding information about …

  8. Virtual Tour | What is a Sweatshop? - Tenement Museum

    And indeed, the Federal Government defines "sweatshop" as any place where an employer violates more than one federal or state labor law governing minimum wage and overtime, child labor, …

  9. 11 Facts About Sweatshops - DoSomething.org

    Nov 16, 2018 · Welcome to DoSomething.org, a global movement of millions of young people making positive change, online and off! The 11 facts you want are below, and the sources for the facts are at …

  10. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American ...

    What is a Sweatshop? A sweatshop is more than just a metaphor for a lousy job. Although there is no clear, single definition of the term, it generally refers to a workplace where relatively unskilled …