Editing Sweatshop (section)

==Industries using sweatshop labor==
World-famous fashion brands such as [[H&M]], [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], [[Adidas]] and [[Uniqlo]] have all been criticized for their use of sweatshops. In 2015, anti-sweatshop protesters marched against the Japanese fast-fashion brand Uniqlo in Hong Kong. Along with the Japanese anti-sweatshops organisation {{ill|Human Rights Now|ja|ヒューマンライツ・ナウ}}, the Hong Kong labour organisation [[Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour|SACOM]] (Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour) protested the "harsh and dangerous" working conditions in Uniqlo's value-added factories in China.<ref>The Fashion Law (2015). Surprise: Uniqlo makes their clothes in sweatshops. Retrieved September 22, 2017 from The Fashion Law, Website: http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201023/http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/ |date=2017-10-28 }} surprise-uniqlo-makes-their-clothes-insweatshops.</ref> According to a recent report published by SACOM, Uniqlo’s suppliers were blamed for "systematically underpaying their labour, forcing them to work excessive hours and subjecting them to unsafe working conditions, which included sewage-covered floors, poor ventilation, and sweltering temperatures".<ref>The Fashion Law (2015). Surprise: Uniqlo makes their clothes in sweatshops. Retrieved September 22, 2017 from The Fashion Law, Web site: http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201023/http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/ |date=2017-10-28 }} surprise-uniqlo-makes-their-clothes-insweatshops</ref> According to the 2016 [[Clean Clothes Campaign]],<ref>Clean Clothes Campaign (2016). Three years after signing Bangladesh accord, H&M factories still not safe. Retrieved September 22, 2017 from Clean Clothes Campaign, Web site: https:// cleanclothes.org/news/2016/05/02/three-years-after-signing-bangladesh-accord-hm- factories-still-not-safe.</ref> H&M strategic suppliers in Bangladesh were reported for dangerous working environments, which lacked vital equipment for workers and adequate fire exits.

The German sportswear giant [[Adidas]] was criticized for its Indonesian sweatshops in 2000, and accused of underpayment, overtime working, physical abuse and child labour.<ref>{{cite web |last=Osborn |first=A. |date=2000 |title=Adidas attacked for Asian 'sweatshops' |access-date=September 22, 2017 |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/nov/23/andrewosborn}}</ref> Another sportswear giant, Nike, faced a heavy wave of anti-sweatshop protests, organised by the [[United Students Against Sweatshops]] (USAS) and held in Boston, Washington D.C., Bangalore, and San Pedro Sula. They claimed that workers in Nike's contract factory in Vietnam were suffering from wage theft, verbal abuse and harsh working conditions with "temperatures over the legal limit of 90 degrees".<ref>{{cite web |last=Bain |first=M. |date=2017 |title=Nike is facing a new wave of anti-sweatshop protests |access-date=September 22, 2017 |work=Quartz |url=https://qz.com/1042298/nike-is-facing-a-new-wave-ofanti-sweatshop-protests/}}</ref> Since the 1990s, Nike has been reported to employ sweat factories and child labour. Regardless of its effort to turn things around, Nike's image has been affected by the issue during the past two decades. Nike established an independent department which aimed to improve workers’ livelihoods in 1996. It was renamed the [[Fair Labor Association]] in 1999, as a non-profit organisation which includes representatives from companies, human rights organizations, and labour unions to work on the monitoring and management of labour rights.<ref name="businessinsider.com">{{cite web |last=Nisen |first=M. |date=2013 |title=At Nike, workers quote the company's maxims like the ten commandments |work=Business Insider |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/nikes-corporate-culture-2013-2}}</ref> To improve its brand image of being immoral, Nike has been publishing annual sustainable business reports since 2001<ref>{{cite web |website=Project Just |date=2016 |title=Brand : Nike |url=https://projectjust.com/brand_nike/}}</ref> and annual corporate social responsibility reports continuously since 2005, mentioning its commitments, standards and audits.<ref name="businessinsider.com"/> Similar stories have been common in the fashion industry over the past few decades. Brands such as Shein, Nike, H&M, Zara, [[Disney Consumer Products|Disney]], and [[Victoria's Secret]] to name a few examples, are still using sweatshops.<ref>{{cite web |last=Saha |first=Nabaneeta |date=2023 |title=20 Fashion Brands That Still Use Sweatshops |url=https://yoursustainableguide.com/brands-that-use-sweatshops/ |work=Your Sustainable Guide}}</ref> 

In 2016, the [[United States Department of Labor]] investigated 77 garment factories in Los Angeles that produced clothing for the aforementioned brands, and found labor violations at 85% of the factories it visited.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-29 |title=Are There Sweatshops in the United States? |url=https://www.thedunkenlawfirm.com/sweatshops-in-the-united-states/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=The Dunken Law Firm |language=en-US}}</ref>