My topic is on sweatshops and their existence both overseas and amongst immigrant labor in the US. No one seems to disagree about their existence, but there are many different arguments over whether their existence is justified. Also many sources have different ways of approaching bringing change.
1. Many sources showed how certain rights, such as physical and monetary, where being violated by both foreign and domestic sweatshops. (Absar, Bonacich, Chan, Gordon, Soldatenko)
2. Many people believe that something needs to be done about the existence of sweatshops and gives suggestions for bringing about this change. These included improvements in workstations and creative suggestions for increasing pay without a dramatic increase in production costs. (Chan, Hartman, Houghteling)
3. Many sources acknowledge the challenges that companies--especially multinational companies-- face in distancing themselves from sweatshop labor; it is much more complicated then it seems at face value. (Hartman, Marino)
4. Many people showed how domestic and foreign sweatshops were not just similar, but actually connected. The strict regulation of one can easily foster the growth of the other. (Faulk, Ho)
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A lot of these viewpoints are focused on each negative impact sweatshops can cause. Other sources explain that things must be done about these shops and not just talk about the bad aspects. I believe Kristi may be taking the 2 approach on the issues paper. It seems like the best argument.
I think to adequately do this paper, you will have to include each argument and show how they can be incorporated in the thesis.
I think out of all the viewpoints listed the most viable argument would be that of the second viewpoint. You even have some examples of listed in your post that can help with the eliminating of sweatshops. There are many resources that can help with this that I am sure you have found.
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