The Harsh Realities of Sweatshops: Balancing Economic Necessity and Workers Rights

get paid less money in the sweatshop than they should The author argues that sweatshops are the only practical hope for kids who dropped out of school because there is practically no other work that kids of a particular age can do. As Kristof puts it, the kids should be in school, and certain third-world countries have quite many school dropouts with no hope of re-joining. Most work would be hard for such an age, and therefore, as the author puts it, it is more comfortable, and according to a ce...