SWEATSHOPS

Sweatshops

Sweatshops

Introduction

In the past, sweatshops have been first and foremost, but not exclusively, related with the industry of garment manufacturing and have been the goals of ordinary examinations, periodic amazing depictions, and legal and legislative improvement. Sweatshops not just incited community sympathy and outrage but have demonstrated the inconsistencies of development as well, as deprived employees work in dirty quarters to manufacture the most modern styles for an apparently voracious consumerism. In an attempt to arrangement sweatshops globally and in the past, collection of writings examines descriptions of sweatshops, the persistent pursuit of contemptible workers of the business, and resistance of workers to the organization.

Underage worker is a serious problem in today's world. According to revised estimates by the ILO Bureau of Statistics, at least 120 million underage workers between 5 and 14 years of ages are working. The vast majority of these underage workers are found in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Many people who work in occupations and sectors have too many risks in working in mines, factories glass bangles, matches or fireworks on vessels fishing offshore in commercial agriculture etc. Underage workers have severe growth retardation; they grow and learn slower than other school children. They remain smaller in height throughout their life. Many underage workers work in hazardous conditions. For example, a major survey conducted in the Philippines shows that over 60 percent are exposed to chemical and biological hazards. 40 percent of them suffer serious injury or illness up to the amputation other mutilations. Many underage workers work in conditions where they are exposed to substances those effects are felt only after long latency periods. Many diseases like lungs cancer or pneumoconiosis cause due to hazardous working conditions. A WHO report says many underage workers are suffering from epilepsy epidemic in India by chronic exposure to pesticide, hexachlorobenzene, which is used as a preservative for foods. The exposure of pesticides on underage workers leads to labor mortality. In some jobs, underage workers are particularly vulnerable to certain types of abuse. Many studies confirm that such workers are victims of sexual abuse or banging etc. In today's world, the main form of exploitation and underage worker abuse is the exploitation of them in the workplace.

Discussion

Harassment is one of the sweat shop practice that have been practiced in the world, especially in under developed countries. Harassment in workplace, can be defined as if someone submits or rejects to the conduct which implicitly or explicitly affecting the employees. Sexual harassment basically to make someone's feel frightened and make workplace hostile and offensive to them. If a proper conduct be implemented, then employee may feel freely and comfortable, and its essential for the employee to report to harasser that due to all this circumstances he cannot be able to work and may stop his work immediately.

Sexual harassment may not relate to the opposite sex gender but it can be of the same sex. Anyone in the work environment may be harassed; it can be due to superiors, colleague, peers, suppliers, ...