Mass production sweat shops

After reading some articles on the working conditions in other countries compared to America, it really opened my eyes, and made me take a second look at the clothes that I have purchased. One article we read said that most of the women in sweat shops have a very poor quality of life. While they are at work, they are hunched over working at tables, meanwhile supervisors are continuously looking over their backs adding pressure and stress to the environment to make sure they aren't making any mistakes, and all for very little pay. They also have to have a constant alert and awareness of that their supervisors might sexually assault them. A pressure an stress like that can just wear down someone, and lose their sense of self completely. Its extremely sad. I think what sucks the most, is that in the countries that have sweat shops, they don't have a workman's comp or any type of regulation for work conditions. The employers can completely take advantage of the employees and the employees will have no say or have any rights.

Its going to be hard, but I really want to start looking at the clothes that I purchase, and do a little research to make sure that they clothes and goods that I buy will not have been made by workers treated unfairly. Its inhumane. What makes me upset, is these work conditions won't change unless there is a large amount of people that refuse to buy their products produced in sweat shops. That is just completely unrealistic in today's economy. With the way that most Americans are in debt, and trying to save money any way they can, the less expensive prices are what everyone is looking for at the moment. Hopefully with more awareness things can change. However I think nothing major will be even possible to happen until our economy turns up and more Americans start to grow their savings once again.