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Sweating out the Picketers
The term "sweatshop" brings to mind images of young women and children toiling in hot, stuffy, poorly lit rooms sowing garments for only a hand full of change. This scenario is seen everywhere in most developing countries. Working in such conditions is a common occurrence for the people who live in third world countries. In recent globalization trends, many American corporations are setting up shop and manufacturing American products in third world nations. In these countries the majority of the population lives in poverty and the only resource available is the abundance of cheap labor. Many human right advocates are now exposing to the international community the working condition in such factories called sweatshops. There workers are underpaid and overworked. The general public in turn has boycotted the sale of such products manufactured in such intolerable work environment. Investors, like American corporations, are taking the blame for......

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