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sweat shops exist all over the world
they are crowded factories
with poor working conditions
big name brands wanting to cut cost
contract these sweat shops
to make fast trend fashions
jeans, shoes, bags, and so much more

they exist in every country in this world
we hear a lot about factories 
in places like China, Indonesian
Korea, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka etc, etc
they even exist in USA 
the land of the free Canada
and I imagine the wages in  "civilized"
countries are a bit better but still not very good

the workers receive insufficient wages
that do not even meet basic needs
in many cases there is child labour
there are no benefits
with long hours with no extra payment

you have seen the images
workers bent over sewing machines
in huge factories their children at their feet
what the pictures don't show
is the exhaustion to survive on each face

imagine making 3 cents per hour
and working 14-16 hours a day
everyday of your life just to have some money
or paid 2- 6 cents per piece
and working 60 to 70 hours a week

these factories even use 
human trafficking as labor
perhaps think about that the next
time you buy some new clothes
from well known brands

and it does not stop with clothing
shoes and bags, it is much more than that  

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February 10, 2022


Poetry/Free Verse/the sweat shop plague
Copyright Protected, ID 02-1429-244-10
All Rights Reserved, 2022, Constance La France

Written for the Premier contest, The Sweat Shop
sponsor, Kai Michael Neumann, Judged 03/05/2022

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