sweatshop

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

“Yuletide Factory,” a circus show at the New Victory Theater, splits the difference, locating its cheer inside a sweatshop churning out seasonal doodads.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

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

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

Those hired overseas experienced their own problems, however, because outsourcing often led to the rise of sweatshops, factories where poorly paid workers labor in dangerous environments.

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

“You’ll find work down in the sweatshops, will you now?”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros