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1 Do you know what Sweatshops are? Sweatshops are described as a small manufacturing establishment across the world including the U.S. Since the beginning of the 1900’s. Many generations of Americans have labored in sweatshops. Then, as now, their labor has been accompanied by widespread debate over what is a fair wage, reasonable working conditions, and society’s responsibility for meeting those standards. In his article, titled “Who Makes the Clothes We Wear?” Jesse Jackson, …

…main contributor to the making of sweatshops. There is so many people which are living below the poverty line which have really no choice on how to survive, so they turn to whatever is available, in this case sweatshops. This is how large corporations take advantage of the working class and the poor, because they know that this people are in need of food, and shelter and that they will do anything to obtain it.