There are currently over 250 millions workers between the ages of five and fourteen in third world countries. Most of these children are working in sweatshops earning little money and work long hours. According to the US General Account office Sweatshops are defined as a "business that regularly violates both safety or health and wage or child labor laws." These practices were first introduced in North America during the industrial revolution as a source of cheap labour. The practice has seen a reintroduction during the last decade of this century due to the globalization. While country officials and big cooperation continue to gain huge profits, while citizens continue to suffer working for a messily five to ten dollars per week for an eighty to a hundred hour week. Sweatshops continue to hinder the progress of workers because of the social, economical and political challenges it presents to the hosting nation.
             The Department of Labor defines a sweatshop as a violate of two or more of the most basic labor laws including child labor, minimum wage, overtime and fire safety laws. Sweatshop workers experience horrible working conditions including sub-minimum wages, no benefits, non-payment of wages, forced overtime, sexual harassment, verbal abuse, corporal punishment, and illegal firings. Children can often be found working in sweatshops instead of going to school. Sweatshop operators are best able to control a group of workers who are ignorant of their rights as workers. Therefore, bosses often refuse to hire unionized workers and intimidate or fire any worker suspected of speaking with union representatives or trying to organize their fellow workers. According to the Department of Labor, over 50% of U.S. garment factories are sweatshops. Many sweatshops are run in this country's apparel centers: California, New York, Dallas, Miami and Atlanta. There are probably sweatshops in every country in the world, anywhere...