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sweatshop: see sweating system sweating system, method of exploiting labor by supplying materials to workers and paying by the piece (see piecework ) for work done on those materials in the workers' homes or in small workshops (sweatshops). ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Although generally promoting products as moral rather than fashionable, and defining the two as antithetical, some branches of the anti-sweatshop movement have begun to market apparel as, without contradiction, "sweat free" and "stylish. Another important development influencing the AFL-CIO was the dramatic growth of the anti-sweatshop movement on college campuses. These grassroots immigrant women are the very heartbeat of the labor and anti-sweatshop movements," Louie writes. |
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