Cafeteria benefits for employees

Numbers in square brackets correspond to the numbered entries in the common writing style problems guide in the Essay Project module on Canvas.

For many years sweatshops in the United States have been looked over as if it is [#12] have operated as if they have been not against the law legal. Since [what year?] most sweatshop employees consist of undocumented immigrants that are striving to feed their family families in this country. Migration News stated [except when quoting interviewees or historical figures, do not mention a cited source in the body of the essay when the source is cited in the endnotes (or footnotes)] “There are 22,000 sewing shops nationwide employing one million workers, including an estimated 140,000 mostly Latino and Asian workers--80 percent women-- who are employed in 5,000 legal sewing shops and 1,000 sweatshops that operate without authorization in California. There are estimated to be 4,500 sewing shops employing 50,000 workers in New York City.” Although these sweatshops are providing [#14] provide the immigrants with jobs to survive; they these workers are still people whose livelihoods are in danger with little to no insurance or good enough money to pay for emergency expenses. Throughout the years the United States sweatshops have made many implementations to ensure their employees [#36] employees’ safety but it sweatshops still isn’t do not have the safest working conditions.

This essay will focus on how sweatshops are illegal in this country but still able to house employees and conduct business. “In the late 1980s, an innovative interpretation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) allowed the federal government to seize goods made under illegal conditions.” stated by american history. [ What happened that made the federal government to seize goods made under illegal conditions?] Companies have been using unlawful practices within sweatshops for decades. While people are putting their health on the line, the employers often have these employees working in poor working conditions, lacking fair wages, using child labor, and lack depriving of benefits. Secondly, this essay will focus on how sweatshops can be shut down if they’re [#15] they are focusing employees to work in poor conditions. The essay will focus on what can be done in order to ensure the conditions, pay wages, labor laws, etc. to help benefit immigrants that are working in sweatshops. Sweatshops has always been an unlawful workplace for its employees, [#23] but this is the only way big time clothing companies can get their produce products at a low price. Companies such as Adidas, Nike, Old Navy, Forever 21, Ross and TJ Maxx and H&M. Even electronic companies such as Apple and Dell have sweatshops based in the United States. [ Cite the source of this information.] Immigrants come to this country unable to work a regular-paying job which leaves them with a few under-the-table jobs they are presented. [ Why have immigrants been unable to work regular-paying jobs?] [Do sweatshop owners deliberately encourage immigration, knowing that the economy does not have enough regular-paying jobs for most immigrants>] These high-status companies are only worried about the amount of products they can make in a short amount of time to maximize their revenue.

Sweatshops are illegal in the U.S. however, [ replace the comma with a period.] “Unfortunately, the consequences for breaking such labor laws is often not enough of a deterrent to prevent sweatshops from existing.” Companies are exploiting their employees for profit and benefit without thinking twice about the conditions their employers are working in. According to Women and Sweatshops [except when quoting interviewees or historical figures, do not mention a cited source in the body of the essay when the source is cited in the endnotes (or footnotes)] “Although ‘Made in the USA’ [#21] labels suggest that merchandise has been produced under U.S. standards and laws, these labels are often deceptive. The workers who make the products often labor under horrible conditions in U.S. territories.” Regardless if they are citizens of the U.S. or another country no one should work in those conditions and get the pay that they are getting along with all the other hardships they face from working in these shops. [What if the only jobs available for low-skilled immigrants are sweatshop jobs?] There have been [#11] efforts to end sweatshops back in the late 1990s. A group of university students joined an anti-sweatshop movement that has made few successes such as pushing Duke University passing the first anti-sweatshop code of conduct.

Although there have not been [#11] a sweatshop disaster has not occurred in a while here in America there have been [#11] many factory disasters in sweatshops around the world due to [#33] because of the lack of good workplace conditions in a warehouse or building. March 25, 2011, [#27] a significant fire broke out at the Triangle Waist Shirtwaist Company Garment factory which caused the lives of 146 people to be lost. This building only had one fire escape, [#23] and the fire broke out on the 8th [#11] eighth, 9th [#11] nineth, and 10th [#11] tenth floors, [#23] so the employees had no chance of making it out. Sweatshops may be the most efficient way for fast-fashion clothing brands and big tech companies to get their product but not always the safest environment for the employees at hand.

Society needs to put more into this law the FLSA because unauthorized sweatshops are forcing people to work unreasonable hours in poor conditioned warehouses which are putting their health and life at risk just to survive. As stated [the world counts] [except when quoting interviewees or historical figures, do not mention a cited source in the body of the essay when the source is cited in the endnotes (or footnotes)] Workers are paid “3 cents/hour Sweatshop workers are extremely low-paid; Sweatshop wages can be so low that they barely cover essential needs. Some people work for as little as 3 US cents per hour, often more than 100 hours per week in conditions of poor air quality and extreme heat.” Many capitalists won’t [#15] will not put much effort into removing the practice/profession because it will hurt their pockets pocketbooks in the short term as well as their long-term success. Not only is [#10] are sweatshops illegal and breaking numerous laws, it is [#12] sweatshop owners are also causing employees to be away from family for long periods of time as well as having under age underaged children working in their factories as well. Furthermore, companies are not forcing people to work in these companies, [#23] but it [#6, what does “it” refer to?] working in sweatshops is their the only way for employees to of providing provide for their family in this country as well as others. Employers must act in the most efficient way possible to ensure that they maximize profit on the daily so this may be the only way that is possible.

In all, the research provided proves that sweatshops in the United States have been and always will be an unjustified place of employment due to [#33] because of the treatment of their employees and upkeep of their factories and warehouses. As I [#7] human resources manager [ESSAYIST’S NAME WITHHELD] goes deeper into the research, [#24] it [#6] he will uncover the ruthless acts brought upon the employees in these sweatshops. From an historical aspect, sweatshops bring a lot of [#31] much revenue to fast-fashion companies and tech companies but tends [#10] tend to have a high probability of ending in disaster such as fire or high rates on suicide from depression, lack of rest, and unfair treatment.

COMMENTS:

The essay project will be enhanced with statements from people whom you can interview and who have or had some involvement in one form or another with sweatshops. For example, can you interview members of the Penn State chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS)?

What is the definition of sweatshops?

What changes must take place to make sweatshops legal? If certain changes do occur, then would sweatshops be called something else, for example, factories?

Why do sweatshops still exist in the United States after the enactment of the FLSA of 1938?

Instructions call for endnotes. The essay lacks endnotes. A works cited list, bibliography, or a list of references does not count. If you want to recover lost points, minus five points for my “ATM fee,” for the lack of endnotes, then please resubmit your short essay 01 with endnotes.

Common writing style problems in short essay 01: #5, #6, #7, #11, #12, #27, #31, #33, #36

Dunken, Terry. “Are There Sweatshops in the United States?,” May 1, 2020. https://www.thedunkenlawfirm.com/sweatshops-in-the-united-states/. [footnoteRef:1] [1: ]

Sternberg, James. “Immigration and Sweatshops - Migration News: Migration Dialogue.” Immigration and Sweatshops - Migration News | Migration Dialogue, 1995. https://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/more.php?id=766. [footnoteRef:2] [2: ]

“Sweatshops 1940-1997.” National Museum of American History, April 11, 2019. https://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history-1940-1997#:~:text=In%20the%20late%201980s%2C%20an,goods%20made%20under%20illegal%20conditions. [footnoteRef:3] [3: ]

The World Counts. Accessed February 21, 2021. https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/people-and-poverty/slavery-and-sweatshops/sweatshop-workers-conditions/story.[footnoteRef:4] [4: ]

Women and Global Human Rights. Accessed February 21, 2021. http://faculty.webster.edu/woolflm/sweatshops.html. [footnoteRef:5] [5: ]

“Department of Labor Logo UNITED STATESDEPARTMENT OF LABOR.” The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Accessed February 21, 2021. https://www.osha.gov/aboutosha/40-years/trianglefactoryfire. [footnoteRef:6] [6: ]

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