sweatshop
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The fashion-magazine moment is long gone as Miranda deals with such alarming new trends as budget cuts, the imperative to cram her vision into annoying little video clips, and consumer sensitivity to sweatshop manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
A Hong Kong content creator dressed head to toe in Tod's, 26-year-old Stephanie Hui, said people were "desensitised" to stories of sweatshop conditions in the fashion industry, with consumers feeling powerless to effect change.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
They lived for a while in Harlem while his mother worked in a sweatshop and got by with the help of food stamps.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
However, over the last decade, workers in reality TV have grown increasingly vocal about the grueling hours, low pay and poor benefits they face in what has been likened to an industry sweatshop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
From upstairs wafted the smell of fresh paint; from downstairs, the site of the lone toilet, came the sounds of a sweatshop.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
“They’re not really sweatshops, but they’re as close as you can get to them,” Menon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
At the moment, someone might be driving an SUV, might be eating lots of meat and might buying clothes that were made in sweatshops.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2023
The multinational technology company Apple Inc. has faced intense criticism in recent years for its use of foreign-owned sweatshops in Asia.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Charles Kernaghan, who showed how U.S. aid subsidized the construction of sweatshops in developing countries, is dead at 74.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
I cringed at the thought of becoming a gravedigger, but it was better than searching for work at Chicago’s sweatshops and slaughterhouses.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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East Asia - Middle School
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