Made in America:

Garment Workers in the Bay Area

Inside the Sweatshop

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Click on the images below to learn about the daily life of a seamstress, the conditions of the sweatshop, and the numerous labor violations and types of abuse that occur inside the factory.

 

Piece-rate System, Wages and Self Exploitation

 

Hours, Benefits, and Lack of Job Security

 

Health and Safety Concerns

 

Psychological Abuse and Personal Degradation

Photos from: http://www.amrc.org.hk/MFA%20Sweatshop%20Watch%20page%207.jpg; http://www.aiwa.org/http://www.usaid.gov/kh/images/story2_10_Sewing_Healthy_Future.jpg; http://www.american.edu/ted/images4/sweatshop2.gif

What is a Sweatshop?

Sweatshops in the SF Bay Area

Garment Workers

Fighting Sweatshops