“Sweatshops are more than just labor abuse. When you find a sweatshop, you will also find social injustice, poverty, discrimination, abuse of women, and environmental damage” (Goldberg 2). Sweatshop conditions have been present for centuries, but people are just now starting to raise awareness for the workers working in them. Workers in sweatshops are treated similar to how slaves were treated. People are suffering while working in sweatshops and the anti-sweatshop movement is trying to raise awareness about the issue. Sweatshops are a social injustice because they force people to work under inhumane conditions and the anti-sweatshop movement works to address this issue by boycotting products made in sweatshops and raising awareness (Goldberg …show more content…
The anti-sweatshop movement is an organization that developed after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 and is a debatable topic among people. Many people believe that, “Once you start reading the anti-sweatshop “literature,” it’s easy to see why the cause is so fashionable” (Goldberg 2). This quote shows that once people start to figure out the truth behind sweatshops, they realize how horrible sweatshops are and are quick to join the anti-sweatshop movement. However, some people do not think the anti-sweatshop movement will help the workers and think that it will just make the situation worse. For example, a person who does not support the anti-sweatshop movement said, “Sweatshops are not an end in themselves, but the first rung on the ladder of success; rather than hurry nations up that ladder, radicals would keep these nations frozen in amber-living museums of poverty and ignorance” (Goldberg 3). This quote is saying that the movement is not helping sweatshops, but making them worse. In conclusion, the anti-sweatshop movement is helping to bring awareness about social injustices in sweatshops, although some people believe the movement will not help workers escape poverty (Goldberg