sweatshop
noun
a shop, small factory, or other workplace employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
sweatshops
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pluralof sweatshop.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At the same time, "Fiddler" coincided with the Jewish exodus from tenements and sweatshops to suburban homes and professional opportunities.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023
Those hired overseas experienced their own problems, however, because outsourcing often led to the rise of sweatshops, factories where poorly paid workers labor in dangerous environments.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
She bounced around from L.A. factory to L.A. factory, avoiding wage theft and dodging sweatshops, before finally finding a job as a buttonhole operator on a production line, earning a decent wage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
It has set up small factories in the countryside to lure workers back home from sweatshops in Bangkok, part of an effort to combat the urban migration that has debilitated rural economies.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
Fannie worked at one of two sweatshops owned and operated by the Marx & Haas Clothing Co., the largest clothing manufacturer in St. Louis.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
