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Outline

Sweatshops

Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the inhuman working conditions in sweatshops.

Introduction

Attention Getting Device: “America has stronger labor laws than most undeveloped countries, but it is not free of sweatshop conditions. Many labor violations slip under the radar of the US Department of Labor” (Bernhardt & Ruth).

Relevance: Sweatshops refer to factories that subject its workers to inhuman working conditions and exposing workers to health risks without providing them with any safety gear.

Credibility: Each of us has one thing in our wardrobe that was made in a sweatshop. But surprisingly, many have no idea in what conditions it was manufactured. That is why I would like many people to know what is behind beautiful T-shirts or comfortable sneakers.

Central Idea/Thesis Statement: Sweatshops are places of work with degrading conditions and high labor intensity, low wages, unsanitary, overtime, and child labor.

Preview of Main Points: I want to acquaint you in more detail with the most important problems of sweatshops. And today, I will make you think otherwise.

Body

Transition: Let's start with a quick explanation of sweatshops in general.

I. Sweatshops are factories located in third world countries that work for brands with affordable prices. (Slide #1)

A. Sweatshops is a concept by the leading cloth industries whereby they do cut and manage their expenditures by offering the employees in third world countries poor salaries and hefty hours to meet the deadlines.

1. These savings make working conditions worse.

2. This is beneficial only to employers and buyers.

B. Most of the third world countries do not have proper trade and employee protection laws thus the sweatshops do take advantage of them and this helps revolutionize the way that they increase their interactions. (Slide #2)

1. Most leading companies such as Nike, Adidas, H&M among others all have had scandals regarding the use of sweatshops.

2. This is why these brands can sell their products at low prices.

 Transition: After we have found out what it is and who benefits from it, let's talk about the conditions in the workplace.

II. The safety level of workers at such enterprises is critically low. (Slide #3)

A. It is evident that in the sweatshops there are poor safety levels.

1. That is not the focus of the organizations.

2. Most of the leading organizations do think that labor in such countries is readily available.

B. The employees have to work despite the circumstances especially because the third world countries do not have proper rights regarding safety. (Zwolinski, 691)

1. An employee becoming sick does not even receive medical cover or even insurance.

2. The lack of ownership of mistakes is a major contribution to a low or missing level of safety in the workplace.

Transition: In addition to the terrible working conditions, there are a number of problems associated with such factories.

III. The mistreatment of workers and low wages are the main problems in these factories. (Slide #4)

1. The sweatshop factories are a major problem because they do not offer the employees proper wages to even manage their lives.

A. The companies do take advantage because of the poverty levels in these countries.

B. The move is a major issue for the employees because they even do not have unions.

2. Miller explained that the sweatshop factories do mess with the employees because the supervisors will overwork them to make sure that they are gaining from their hard work (11).

A. The poverty scale in these countries make the expectations of the people so shallow and they are comfortable with their lives.

B. The factories can work their employees for longer hours and even without the proper advantages such as overtime which is major mistreatment.

Transition: Despite the modern world and the creation of human rights, terrible working conditions still exist.

IV. The fight against illegal labor that violates all existing human rights remains relevant.

1. The sweatshop factories in developing countries do break numerous unethical standards in society.

A. A company is going to benefit while the people behind their creativity and workforce level might not afford even to earn a dollar a day (Arnold & Hartman, 685).

B. There are numerous cases of illegal labor laws in the countries.

2. There has been evidence and accusations of big giant Nike is making the major profits on a competitive market, but they have warehouses with underage children work and even further under poor conditions. (Slide #5)

A. To further improve the livelihoods of its workers, the government ruled that Nike should provide its workers with medical covers, social security benefits, and provide them with childcare (Wilsey & Lichtig, n.d.).

B. The illegal labor also implies that there are employees not working in a safe environment such as no safety measures.

Conclusion

Closing Signal: The existence of sweatshops should come to an end and official investigations conducted in all the developing countries. It is important to understand that there should be an introduction of market principles such as globalization that seek to elevate and help in the exposure of their local markets.

Review Main Points/Thesis/Topic: Sweatshops are making some large corporations billions while mistreating innocent people while some of the human rights, local governments, and other social institutions are silent. The governments do understand and have a clue of what is taking place, but they choose to ignore because they believe that the organizations are offering their people employment thus the good outweighs the bad.

Closing Statement: The issues of poor wages, unsafe working environment, and illegal labor all point towards an unfit system that has been operational across the world, but it is helping put an end to the madness. Thank you for your attention.

Works Cited

Arnold, Denis G., and Laura P. Hartman. “Worker Rights and Low Wage Industrialization: How to Avoid Sweatshops.” Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, 2006, pp. 676– 700.

Bernhardt, Annette, Ruth Milkman, Nik Theodore et al. “Broken Laws, Unprotected

Workers: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in America’s Cities.” National Employment Law Project, 2009. Web Accessed February 19, 2014.

Miller, John. “Teaching about Sweatshops and the Global Economy.” The Radical Teacher, no. 61, 2001, pp. 8–14.

Matt Wilsey and Scott Lichtig (n.d.). The Nike Controversy. Retrieved on April 1, 2020.

Zwolinski, Matt. “Sweatshops, Choice, and Exploitation.” Business Ethics Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 4, 2007, pp. 689–727.