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         WORKING
         CONDITIONS



         A sweatshop refers to a                      source
         “typically tiny                    In underdeveloped nations, 250

         manufacturing                      million  children  between  the
         establishment employing            ages of 5 and 14 are made to
         workers under unfair and           work in sweatshops.
         unhygienic working                 Sweatshops have been known to
         conditions”.                       employ children as young as six for
                                            up to sixteen hours a day.
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                    source                            source
           People are forced to work up
                                            Many  garmet  workers  from
           to 72 hours straight without
                                            third countries are on strike
           breaks in the worst kinds of
                                            for fair working conditions
           sweatshops.
           People who complain are          Garment workers continue to be
           mistreated and beaten. Abuse     among the lowest paid in the world,

           on all fronts—verbal, sexual, and  despite having played a significant
           physical—occurs often and is     role in developing the poor country
           widely reported.                 into a major manufacturing hub.
                                                      source
                     source

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