sweatshop

sweat·shop | \ ˈswet-ˌshäp

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Definition of sweatshop

: a shop or factory in which employees work for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions

Examples of sweatshop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Su, who started her legal career fighting for Thai sweatshop workers in Los Angeles, could put greater emphasis on helping immigrant workers and workers of color. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Pressure on Biden to pick an Asian American or Pacific Islander Cabinet secretary complicates unions’ push for Walsh as Labor chief," 4 Jan. 2021 In 1996, the talk-show host Kathy Lee Gifford was caught in a scandal after a human rights organization reported that child sweatshop labor in Honduras was being exploited to manufacture a clothing line in her name. — New York Times, "Howard J. Rubenstein, Public Relations Impresario, Dies at 88," 29 Dec. 2020 The boys joined their parents cleaning motel rooms, working at warehouses, recycling cans and tidying up loose threads in a sweatshop before they got signed up for school. — Los Angeles Times, "A close-up look at how hard it is to keep a little family restaurant going in a pandemic," 12 Dec. 2020 During a news conference at the jail on Wednesday, the Deputy Sheriff''s Association of Bexar County compared the county jail to a sweatshop and called working conditions inhumane and an embarrassment. — ExpressNews.com, "Express Briefing: SpaceX’s Starship explodes on landing, still considered a success," 10 Dec. 2020 Marsiella took a job making throw rugs, surrounded by deafening machines and with damaging material running through her hands — one step up from sweatshop conditions, basically. — Mike Anthony, courant.com, "Mike Anthony: Geno Auriemma’s early imperfections continue to drive his march toward basketball history after 35 seasons at UConn," 20 Nov. 2020 There’s a sweatshop feel from the days when the place was a textile mill. — Brian T. Allen, National Review, "Mass MoCA, the World’s Biggest Contemporary Art Museum, Looks Fantastic," 23 Sep. 2020 And there’s no information on how to take care of yourself in a garment sweatshop. — Gabrielle Octavia Rucker, Vogue, "When COVID-19 Hit the Indigenous Communities in L.A., This Group Stepped In," 18 Aug. 2020 Her mother had been in New York for the past few months, working in a sweatshop to save enough money to retrieve her daughter. — USA Today, "Rita Moreno on bravery (still hard), her journey (not over) and the importance of listening (we must do better).," 10 Aug. 2020

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“Sweatshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweatshop. Accessed 22 Jan. 2021.

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