lSWEATSHOPS AND LABOR MARKETS
lQuestions
l1. What is exploitation? What characteristics make a relationship in the labor market exploitative?
l2. Are low wages in factories proof that firms are exploiting workers? Why?
l3. What key institutions may be missing in countries with exploitive labor markets?
Workplace Conditions
l• Low wages
l• Long work hours
l• Health and/or safety hazards
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l• No job security
l• Physical abuse, threats and intimidation
l• Workers have no voice in government
l• Child labor
Contributing Factors
l• Dense populations
l• Limited education
l• High unemployment
l• Few job alternatives
l• Extreme poverty
l• Workers with low productivity
l• No social safety net
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l• Secrecy and lack of workplace transparency, often
lin places without a free press
l• No system of justice to protect basic rights
l• Consumer ignorance about or neglect of the plight
lof sweatshop workers
Definitions to know: Define
Definitions to know: Define
lExploit/Exploitation
lCottage industry
lSocialism
lAssembly line
lIndustrial revolution
lCapital
lEntrepreneur
Child labor
lMass production
lAssembly line
lOutsource/outsourcing
lChild labor
lsweatshop
safety net
lCottage industry
lSocialism
lAssembly line
lIndustrial revolution
lCapital
lEntrepreneur
Child labor
lMass production
lAssembly line
lOutsource/outsourcing
lChild labor
lsweatshop
safety net
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