sweatshop
noun
sweat·shop
ˈswet-ˌshäp 
: a shop or factory in which employees work for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions
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The term fast fashion brings to mind factories spitting out enormous volumes of clothing using cheap fabric and sweatshop labor.
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Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
The Kim regime, for example, earns revenue by sending laborers abroad to work at restaurants, construction sites, and sweatshops in countries around the world.
—Sue Mi Terry, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2024
Horrified to learn that the warehouse is a deathtrap of a sweatshop generating low-quality clothes that are then distributed as giveaways through the Payne Wagner Foundation.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 9 May 2024
But growing up in New York City, Wong watched one parent peddle medicinal herbs all day long while the other toiled away in a Chinatown sweatshop.
—Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 7 May 2024
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Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
The Kim regime, for example, earns revenue by sending laborers abroad to work at restaurants, construction sites, and sweatshops in countries around the world.
—Sue Mi Terry, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2024
Horrified to learn that the warehouse is a deathtrap of a sweatshop generating low-quality clothes that are then distributed as giveaways through the Payne Wagner Foundation.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 9 May 2024
But growing up in New York City, Wong watched one parent peddle medicinal herbs all day long while the other toiled away in a Chinatown sweatshop.
—Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 7 May 2024
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sweatshop
noun
sweat·shop
-ˌshäp
: a shop or factory in which employees work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions
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