These millionaires and billionaires have different intentions: they want to earn more and save money, just like in sweatshops. They send manufacturing jobs overseas where they can pay less than a dollar an hour in substandard conditions. “In developing countries, approximately 168 million children aged 5 to 14 are forced to work.” (DoSomething.Org). From personal knowledge learned of being American, children must be at least 16 years old with parental consent to work. But even then at that age you can only work a certain number of hours.” At least 21 workers died and 50 were injured when a fire ravaged a Bangladesh factory making clothes for budget retailer H&M and other companies as they worked through the night to fill orders. "(Martin Hickman) Sweatshops are very dangerous places to work due to lack of safety precautions: e.g. fire extinguishers, exit doors and ladders
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