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Societal Issues in Apparel Manufacturing

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1. Child labor 2. Sweatshops 3. Low wages

Societal Issues: Child Labor

Do you know another student who has a job and contributes to their family income?

Societal Issues: Child Labor

Throughout history children have always worked

What are reasons a child would work? Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Childlabourcoal.jpg

Societal Issues: Child labor

How would hard labor affect the childhood of a person? Image: http://freeschoolparagraph.blogspot.com/2012/04/child-labour.html

Societal Issues: Child Labor

In the US, in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s child labor was a serious problem

Children worked long hours in dangerous and unhealthy sweatshops and in unsafe conditions

How would you describe a sweatshop?

Societal Issues: Sweatshops

Sweatshop: Manufacturing plant with dark, airless, uncomfortable and unhealthful working conditions.

A manufacturing plant may use child labor, illegal immigrants, or slaves

Pays lower than minimum wageUnclean and unsafe facilitiesLong hoursImage: http://wardrobeadvice.com/what-are-sweatshops/

Societal Issues: Child Labor

What could have brought about changes in our country to improve the working conditions of child labor?

Societal Issues: Child Labor

Famous accident stirring public opinionThe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911New York City150 workers burned or jumped to their deathsLead to changes in Child Labor Laws

Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire_building.jpg

Societal Issues: Child Labor Laws

Current US Child Labor Laws (General Description)

18 years old: any job at any number of hours16-17: Any nonhazardous job at any number

of hours14-15: Nonmanufacturing, nonmining,

nonhazardous job, but no longer than 3 hours per school day or 18 hours per school week. Only between 7am to 7 pm

Any age-Deliver newspapers, work for parents in nonfarm business, and perform on radio, TV, movie, or theater

Societal Issues: Child Labor LawsOSHA and Department of Labor

Occupational Safety and Health Administration: OSHA

OSHA sets and enforces job safety and health standards

Department of Labor: Enforces labor laws

Student Opinion

Are there sweatshops in the US today?Why would someone work in a sweatshop in

the US today?Forever 21 Sweatshop in LA Image: http://fashiononthedime.wordpress.com/tag/sweatshops/