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sweatshop
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sweat·shop  (swtshp)
n.
A shop or factory in which employees work long hours at low wages under poor conditions.
sweatshop [ˈswɛtˌʃɒp]
n
(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a workshop where employees work long hours under bad conditions for low wages
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Noun1.sweatshop - factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unionssweatshop - 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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Our economy could be helped by simply buying American made t-shirts, instead of ones that are manufactured in overseas sweatshops If you are concerned about the state of our economy, as everyone is these days, the best way to help is to support American made products Our economy could be helped by simply buying American made t-shirts, instead of ones that are manufactured in overseas sweatshops.
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President Obama and others who favor labor standards in trade agreements with foreign countries mean well, for they intend to tight back at oppressive sweatshops abroad.
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