sweating system

American  

noun

1. the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.

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Etymology

Origin of sweating system

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

It covers the whole question of the employment of boys, women, old men, and half-supported persons, and includes the "sweating" system.

From Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Kelly, Edmond

Even the sweating system could be found at work in holes and corners.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

An English writer gives this definition of the sweating system: "One whereby the middleman tries to get the largest profit, with the least labor and outlay, out of the maximum labor of his workers."

From White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor by Banks, Louis Albert

This special value of the trades-unions first became clear to the residents of Hull-House in connection with the sweating system.

From Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes by Addams, Jane

Atlas isn't keen about anything but the sweating system.

From Penelope's Postscripts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith