What Can We Do To Stop Sweatshops?

Stopping a sweatshop is not easy, especially a sweatshop overseas. There has been hundreds if not thousands anti-sweatshop protestors all across American all for one motive and that is to stop sweatshops all across the nation and internationally. My realistic solution to this problem is just like the others, but a little different. I will try to form a team and have a lot of supporters and donations before I even proceed with my first step. I will work within the United States to first stop illegal immigrants from working illegally. I know it sounds harsh, because this may be their only form of work since they are here illegally, but I will help them to work on their US citizenship and teach them that even though they are illegal immigrants, they do not have to work under those conditions and that they still have the same worker rights. After I have at least successfully changed at least a few lives I will try to expand my nonprofit organization and spread the word through the blogspot about the sweatshops. Some simple ways that we could contribute to the stop of sweatshops is minimize the purchases we make from the following providers: Nike, GAP, Hollister and some other mall stores. Most of these countries products are manufactured and made at sweatshops overseas. Also, Wal-Mart is a big contributor to sweatshops. There is also a site where you can buy clothing: http://nosweatapparel.com/ This site states that “Bienestar International manufactures union-made footwear & casual clothing under the brand name No Sweat™. Our gear is produced by independent trade union members in the US, Canada, and the developing world. We believe that the only viable response to globalization.” There is hope that this strategy for stopping sweatshops will be successful. According to an article entitled,Students Confront Sweatshops “With the help of the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), an independent monitoring organization with 145 member colleges and universities, USAS has identified a number of factories around the world—including in Thailand, South Africa, Kenya, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Indonesia and the United States.” So there is still hope.