Sweatshop

Sweatshop (or sweat factory) is a term for a workplace with very poor, socially unacceptable or illegal working conditions. Quotes The billionaire boom is not a sign of a thriving economy but a symptom of a failing economic system. The people who make our clothes, assemble our phones and grow our food are being exploited to ensure a steady supply of cheap goods, and swell the profits of corporations and billionaire investors. Winnie Byanyima, Richest 1 percent bagged 82 percent of wealth created last year - poorest half of humanity got nothing, Oxfam International (22 January 2018) Work—work—workTill the brain begins to swim!Work—work—workTill the eyes are heavy and dim!Seam, and gusset, and band,Band, and gusset, and seam,—Till over the buttons I fall asleep,And sew them on in a dream!O Men, with sisters dear!O Men, with mothers and wives!It is not linen you're wearing out,But human creatures' lives!Stitch—stitch—stitchIn poverty, hunger, and dirt,—Sewing at once, with a double thread,A shroud as well as a shirt. Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt (1843) See also Sweatshop union (band) External links Sweatshops sweatshop Category:Labor Category:Crime