Editing Sweatshop (section)

===Sweatshop-free===
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[[Sweatshop-free]] is a term the fashion brand [[American Apparel]] created to mean coercion-free, fair compensation for garment workers who make their products.<ref name=aaworkers>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://www.americanapparel.net/aboutus/verticalint/workers/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610043456/http://www.americanapparel.net/aboutus/verticalint/workers/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 10, 2012 |title=Sweatshop-free. That's American Apparel. |access-date=May 15, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanapparel.net/aboutus/verticalint/sweatshopfree/?gclid=CKKii6Pjp7cCFSU6QgodpGsAHw|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203030415/http://www.americanapparel.net/aboutus/verticalint/sweatshopfree/?gclid=CKKii6Pjp7cCFSU6QgodpGsAHw|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2014|title=American Apparel – Fashionable Basics. Sweatshop Free. Made in USA.|work=Americanapparel.net|access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref> American Apparel claims its employees earn on average double the federal minimum wage.<ref name=aaworkers /> They receive some employee benefits, from health insurance to subsidized transportation and meals, and have access to an onsite medical clinic.<ref name=aaworkers /> It has been heavily featured in the company's advertisements for nearly a decade and has become a common term in the garment industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sweatfreeshop.com/|title=Sweatshop Free Shopping Guide|work=sweatfreeshop.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sweatfree.org/shoppingguide|title=SweatFree Communities: Shop with a Conscience Consumer Guide|work=Sweatfree.org|access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenamerica.org/livinggreen/nosweatshops.cfm |title=Living Green: Sweatshop-Free Clothing |publisher=Greenamerica.org |access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfam.org.au/explore/workers-rights/are-your-clothes-made-in-sweatshops/|title=Are your clothes made in sweatshops? |work=Oxfam Australia|date=8 August 2011 |access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treehugger.com/tag/sweatshop-free/|title=Sweatshop-Free : TreeHugger|work=Treehugger.com|access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref>