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"September has been declared 'Celebrate Sweatshops Month.
35 The U.S. and European Union, through the Secretary of Labor and Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs, have sought to develop among labor and management an acceptance of international standards to assure consumers that the products they buy are not made in sweatshops.
Sweatshops at the turn of the century encompassed a range of workplaces in which, as one commentator noted, “Congestion, unsanitary quarters, lack of restriction on child labor, absolutely unregulated hours, and miserable pay combine to create a condition which endangers the lives not only of the workers, but of the purchasers of their products.”
But, in general, the effectiveness of focusing public attention on sweatshops and poor labor conditions has been limited by the difficulty of keeping consumers, voters, students, or other groups working on this issue for sustained periods of time.
At the same time, the problem of sweatshops persists, despite government regulation of minimum wages, overtime, child labor, and safety issues.
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