a 19th century word that describes a system of employment where factory owners profited by forcing their employees to work long hours under unsafe conditions, for subsistence wages.
A manufacturing workplace that treats its workers inhumanely, paying low wages, imposing harsh and unsafe working conditions, and demanding levels of performance that are harmful to the workers.
Workplaces, usually industrial, which operate under unsafe and illegal working conditions.
a factory where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money
factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
a common term for a factory that is considered to have very poor labor conditions and low pay
a factory in which people often work for a very small wage or doing piece work
a factory in which workers receive extremely low wages, and face terrible working conditions
a factory, usually in a developing or Third World country and especially in Asia
a factory , where people work for a very small wage , producing a variety of products such as clothes , toys , shoes , and other consumer goods
a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions
a small manufacturing establishment in which employees work long hours under substandard conditions for low wages
a work place, often a factory, in which employees work long hours at low wages under poor conditions
a workplace where workers are subject to extreme exploitation, including the absence of a living wage or benefits, poor working conditions, and arbitrary discipline, such as verbal and physical abuse
a workplace where workers are subject to extreme exploitation, including the absence of a living wage or benefits, poor working conditions, denial of their worker rights, and arbitrary discipline
a work place where workers have few rights, work for very low wages, and often have very poor health and safety conditions
a workshop or factory where the employees work long hours under bad conditions for low wages
Sweatshop is a pejorative term often used to describe a manufacturing facility that is physically or mentally abusive, or that crowds, confines, or compels workers, or forces them to work long and unreasonable hours, as would be the case with penal labor or slave labor.