sweatshops
- plural of sweatshop.
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
Charles Kernaghan, who showed how U.S. aid subsidized the construction of sweatshops in developing countries, is dead at 74.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2022
“You’ll find work down in the sweatshops, will you now?”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
