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A shop or factory in which employees work long hours at low wages under poor conditions.

sweatshop [ˈswɛtˌʃɒp]

(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a workshop where employees work long hours under bad conditions for low wages

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sweatshop - factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry

factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill - a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

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sweatshop [ˈswɛtʃɒp] n → usine f à sueur usine où les employés sont sous-payés et soumis à des conditions de travail extrêmement dures

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sweatshop (redirected from Anti-Sweatshop Movement)

sweatshop
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