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

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Example Sentences

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sweating system

Regarded from the widest economic point of view, the existence of an excessive supply of labour seeking employments open to free competition must be regarded as the most important aspect of the "sweating system."

From Problems of Poverty by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson

The attempt to secure by legislation or by combination an eight hours day, or its equivalent, might seem to affect the "sweating system" most directly, as a restriction on excessive hours of labour.

From Problems of Poverty by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson

One of the speakers had alluded to the evil part in the sweating system which is played by the highly paid "speeders."

From Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards

But in the small workshops, which form about 80 per cent of the whole number, the common evils of the sweating system assert themselves--overcrowding, bad sanitation, and excessive hours of labour.

From Problems of Poverty by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson

The abolition of the small workshop is the great object of a large number of practical reformers who have studied the sweating system.

From Problems of Poverty by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson

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