Child Labor and Sweatshops
Child Labor and Sweatshops | Educators Should Encourage Student Activism Against the Use of Sweatshops
Steven Friedman is a teacher at Brandeis Hillel Day School in California.
Summary: Teachers should not be afraid to encourage their students to protest against American companies that use sweatshop labor. Students are often invited to participate in moral or political causes—such as organizing food drives or serving meals to the homeless—so the promotion of student activism against the use of sweatshops should not be considered too controversial or politically biased. While educators should pursue a fair and balanced analysis of social issues in the...
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Table of Contents
- Child Labor and Sweatshops: An Overview
- An Indictment of Sweatshops
- A Defense of Sweatshops
- Sweatshops Must Be Recognized as a Human Rights Violation
- Sweatshops Often Benefit the Economies of Developing Nations
- Child Labor Is Beneficial
- The United States Should Ban Imports of Products Made by Children
- Efforts to Ban Goods Made by Children Are Counterproductive
- Consumer Pressure Can Reduce the Use of Sweatshops
- Efforts to Reduce the Use of Sweatshops Are Misguided
- International Partnerships Must Reduce the Use of Child Labor
- Campaigns Against Child Labor Are Protectionist and Imperialist
- Workplace Codes Could Prevent Sweatshop Abuses
- Workplace Codes Will Not Prevent Sweatshop Abuses
- Product Labeling Programs May Not Reduce Child Labor
- Youth Activism Can Help Reduce Child Labor
- Educators Should Encourage Student Activism Against the Use of Sweatshops
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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