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=__ Sweatshops  __= ==== The term " sweatshop labor" literally means a factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages (salaries) for long hours and under poor conditions. ==== ==== Sweatshop labor is abundant all throughout the United States and the world. The real problem with sweatshop labor is that it drastically affects clothing production. ==== ==== Most major shops in the USA have their clothing and other products manufactured by factories outside of the country. ====

The individuals employed in sweatshops often live in destitute (very poor)conditions.
==== In the United States, they have a low wage (salary) job with little to no education and don't know how to speak English very well. ==== ==== In this way, the employers can take advantage of them. An employee that can't speak English and has little to no education won't know exactly when their employer is taking advantage of him or her. ====

__ In other countries such as India, Pakistan or Bangladesh __
==== Children and adolescents working without a contract, and in unsanitary conditions for more than 72 hours a week for a wage of 0.88 euros per day for 4 or 5 years. . That is the employment scenario of thousands of young girls in Tamil Nadu in southern India, which are used in conditions bordering on slavery. Textile companies then supply their products to major international firms, including Spanish Inditex, the Corte Inglés and Cortefiel. ==== ==== Among them, Tommy Hilfiger, Timberland, H & M, Marks & Spencer, Diesel, Gap, C & A, El Corte Inglés, Inditex, which owns Zara, and Cortefiel. ====

==== Teens are attracted by their employers with false promises of a better life that includes food and lodging (accommodation) in the same factories, and they are pushed by their parents to for a salary that will be paid at the end of their contract  ====

====. The [|United Students Against Sweatshop Labor] convinced some stores (Shops) in the U.S. to take away all of their merchandise (goods )made by Russell Athletic off the racks(shelves ) because of worker's rights violations in the sweatshops ==== =http://in.fashionmag.com/news/Captured-by-cotton-Girls-duped-into-bonded-labour-in-India-s-textile-mills,557886.html#.Vwc3RqSLRxA= = __** Breaking News Bangladesh tragedy **__ = Thousands protest Bangladesh deaths (28th April, 2013)



** Read the text at a speed of 200 words per minute **
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 * Where did the accident happen? **
 * What type of accident was it.? **
 * What did the factory produce? **
 * How many workers died? **
 * How many workers entered the building? **
 * What had appeared the day before ? **
 * Whom are he police questioning? **
 * What has been ignored? **
 * The minister said it was a ............ **
 * What did the demonstrators do? **
 * They protest against the shocking disregard of..( 3items) **
 * What garments were found inside?? **
 * What have labour activists asked for?? **
 * Questions **

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L = **1. TRUE / FALSE:**Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F). = = = = Read the text at a speed of 200 words per minute = []
 * =a.= || =The tragedy at the collapsed building could have been avoided. = || =T / F= ||
 * =c.= || =The builders followed all the correct construction standards.= || =T / F= ||
 * =d.= || =A government minister said the incident constituted murder. = || =T / F= ||
 * =e.= || =Protestors destroyed other factories and 150 cars on Friday.= || =T / F= ||
 * =f.= || =The lowest-paid factory workers receive as little as 40 cents an hour.= || =T / F= ||
 * =g.= || =Western brands are asking Bangladesh's government questions.= || =T / F= ||
 * =h.= || =Campaigners want Western companies to help pay to improve things.= || =T / F= ||
 * =h.= || =Campaigners want Western companies to help pay to improve things.= || =T / F= ||

= **2. SYNONYM MATCH:**Match the following synonyms from the article. = =Listening=
 * =1.= || =collapse= || =a.= || =took no notice of= ||
 * =2= || =tragedy= || =b.= || =clothing= ||
 * =3.= || =plagued= || =c.= || =catastrophe= ||
 * =4.= || =appeared= || =d.= || =rioted= ||
 * =5.= || =ignored= || =e.= || =cave-in= ||
 * =6.= || =furious= || =f.= || =benchmarks= ||
 * =7.= || =rampaged= || =g.= || =irate= ||
 * =8.= || =garments= || =h.= || =troubled= ||
 * =9.= || =standards= || =i.= || =campaigners= ||
 * =10.= || =activists= || =j.= || =materialised= ||

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= depend ......... ignored...collapsed............plagued...........murder............high.......... = = ..appeared......... = = ...tragedy............ignored..........industry...........activists.........industrial.....disregard... = = ......labels. = = ......furious......standards........set = = Anger is ..........(1) in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka following the collapse of the Rana Plaza, in which at least 304 clothing factory workers died. The (2)...... is the latest and the deadliest in a long line of preventable accidents that has (3) ..........the country's garment (4)............. . The government is questioning the building's owners as to why more than 3,000 workers were allowed to enter the building after large cracks........... (5) in its walls the day before it (6).............. . The government also wants to know why building safety standards were........... (7) in its construction. Bangladesh's Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu told Bangladeshi reporters: "I wouldn't call it an accident; I would say it's................ (8) . = = Thousands of (9) garment workers rampaged through (10)........ areas of the capital on Friday. They (11)........... fire to over 150 cars and at least two factories. They are protesting at the shocking (12)...... for safety in buildings, child labour, and pay rates as low as 14 cents an hour. Questions are also being asked of Western clothing brands that (13)......... on cheap clothing from Bangladesh to keep their prices low. Garments were found inside the building with (14).......... for some of Britain and America's top clothing stores. Western brands have a history of ignoring safety (15).............. and working conditions in Bangladesh and other countries. Labour (16)............ have asked the brands to help pay for safer factories. =

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__ ** Before buying a piece of clothing (or any product) you can ask yourself if you really need it ** __ = - Do I need what I'm about to buy? = = - Do I want to satisfy a desire? = = - Am I choosing freely or is it compulsive shopping? = = - Have I more of the same? = = *How will I use it ? = = *How much will it last? = = * Observe well the characteristics of the piece (fabric, seams, buttons, zippers ) = = * Compare with other items of similar nature = = * Opt for useful pieces, thinking they might have life, and not just the satisfaction of desire = = * Keep them properly to prolong their life = = * Read the label to see good recommendations for conservation = = * Avoid washed at very high temperatures and no bleach or fabric softeners abuse =

=**//__ If you think a change in consumption habits need to change the model, take one more step: ask for information, read, question, takes action __//**=

=**// - //**__// First // be aware // that what affects you affects others as well: //__= =// - Cuts in labor rights: the insecurity in the south becomes global //= = - //Monopolization of the distribution:// fewer //and fewer companies control our access to clothing// = = - //Limiting the freedom of// choice: //the monopolization of fashion leads to the imposition of a uniform// trends worldwide = = - Environmental // consequences: there are countries where substances are used and production procedures that are // banned // here //= = Shop locally =

= 1)Some enterprises in developing countries don't have the environmental starndards as we have =

= 2)Workers get worse and worse working conditions; Lower wages, longer workinghours, no health insurace, no paid holliday =

= 3)Some big interprises control the whole clothing industry and have a direct influence on what we are wearing. =

= 4)We start wearing the same clothes everywhere, because there is limited choice. You have to got to small shops to get something different and creative = = = =5) Buy your things from shops nearby, so you will protect the environment as there is no need to transport the products.=

http://www.cleanclothes.org/issues/migrants-in-depth/stories/slave-like-conditions-at-zara-supplier



=__ What is a living wage? __= = = =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">A living wage, means that the wage a worker earns in a standard working week (never exceeding 48 hours) is enough to provide for them and their family's basic needs - including housing, education and healthcare as well as some income for when the unexpected happens. = =__Brazil__= =The Brazilian Ministry of Labour estimates that 300,000 people work in slave-like conditions nationwide. The textile industry is among the top three industries with the highest incidence of slave-like labor, alongside agribusiness and construction.= <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"> = Most migrant workers in the garment industry come from other South American nations, particularly in the southeast region, notably Bolivia. Many of these migrants enter Brazil illegally with the help of traffickers. Migrants often end up in illegal or semi-legal workshops, living and sleeping in or close to their workplace. Each year reports come to light of the plight of these migrants. = = "It is Zara's responsibility to know who is making their clothes". = = Workers were found to be working 16 to 19 hours day with little time off and in debt to their traffickers. Fourteen of the workers were Bolivians and one was from Peru. One was 14 years old. = = I =