Many of the daily products we buy and use are likely to have been made by horribly underpaid and overworked workers, many of them foreign and/or children. Some well-known companies that have been accused of using child workers include: Guess, Wal-Mart, The Gap, and of course, Nike. After the accusations, many companies vehemently deny that they had prior knowledge of these conditions, yet have taken little action to investigate or stop these practices.
Additionally, these workers often have to work in poor conditions as well, due to slack health and safety regulations, allowing them to be exposed to hazards such as dangerous chemicals.
Although the sweatshops we hear about are often in countries like China and India, there are sweatshops in countries like the United States as well.
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The main issue of this article is the poor working conditions of the workers of corporations. Corporations hire workers (often young and overseas) in order to underpay and overwork them, to ignore safety and health regulations, and to cut costs such as employment insurance.