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

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

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

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

The central labor body of Chicago, then called the Trades and Labor Assembly, had previously appointed a committee of investigation to inquire into the sweating system.

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

Only a short time since a popular economic writer denounced a Boston clergyman for unveiling the horrors of the sweating system in the modern Athens.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

The half dozen factories were only the centre of a widespread sweating system.

From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert