sweating system
noun
the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
Origin of sweating system
1First recorded in 1850–55
Words Nearby sweating system
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How to use sweating system in a sentence
Were people in general not willing accomplices, there would be no sweating system, no unfair competition.
Consumers and Wage-Earners | J. Elliot RossAlso domestic industry frequently implies the so-called sweating system.
Woman and Socialism | August BebelOne word must be said in this connection about the sweating system and its relation to trade unions.
Twentieth Century Socialism | Edmond KellyOne of the speakers had alluded to the evil part in the sweating system which is played by the highly paid "speeders."
Comrade Yetta | Albert EdwardsThe sweating system is one of the iniquities of commercial greed, and the helpless foreigner of certain classes is its victim.
Aliens or Americans? | Howard B. Grose
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