Welcome to "Stop Oppressive Sweatshops" (S.O.S.)! This web site was created to inform YOU about child labor in sweatshops.
This Monday, June 15th, will be the S.O.S. Awareness Day. We will try to wear no clothes made in sweatshops. Our plan is to stop and raise awareness about child labor and sweatshops.
A common definition of a sweatshop are the sentences that follow. A sweatshop is a working environment with conditions that are
considered by many people of industrialized nations to be difficult or
dangerous, usually where the workers have few opportunities to address their
situation. This can include exposure to harmful materials, hazardous
situations, extreme temperatures, or abuse from employers. Sweatshop workers often
work long hours for little pay, regardless of any laws mandating overtime pay
or a minimum wage. Child labor laws may also be violated. A definition for Child Labor is written below. Child labour, or child labor, refers to the employment
of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered
exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many
countries. Child labour was utilized to varying extents through most of
history, but entered public dispute with the beginning of universal schooling,
with changes in working conditions during industrialization, and with the
emergence of the concepts of workers' and children rights. |
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