Fast Fashion and Sweatshop Labor in East Asia by Boe Ocana https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv Due on Dec 17 11:59 at Latest en-us 2021-11-24 15:27:03 UTC 2023-03-22 13:50:12 UTC hello@padlet.com Document 3: Ethical Consumption During the Early Pandemic bgocana https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919208092 This chart demonstrates with color coded lines what has changed during the early pandemic in Indonesia whether its doing more, doing less, or doing the same as before in the early pandemic

The most consistent aspects of the sweatshops we are shown are the company's values/purpose and how the companies take care of their employee's safety. 

Although the graph does not specifically say how the companies take care of the workers, with the information gathered about sweatshop labor it can be inferred that the mistreatment and harsh workplace conditions continue to stay unchanged.

As with the companies's values, it can be inferred that their value continue to be centered around gained profit and how to minimize worker wages to prevent profit loss.]]> 2021-11-30 00:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919208092 Document 4: Online Consumers from International Retailers in the Asia Pacific Region bgocana https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919239741 What the graph demonstrates here is the total amount of online consumption from international retailers in the Asia pacific. 

The most reoccurring places customers chose to buy from online shown here are China, The United States, and Japan. The highest of the three has 38% of the consumers.

Consumerism also takes affects through the internet as it makes excessive buying even easier. 

China is also not free of the usage of sweatshop labor due to their relaxed labor laws, high population and low minimum wage.  ]]> 2021-11-30 00:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919239741 Document 5: Environmentally Damaging bgocana https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919239920 The Aral Sea which is located in Kazakhstan and what could be described as a Cotton Lake, is photographed here.

This lake has gradually been stuffed with cotton throughout the years as its not naturally grown, its human made. 

Fast fashion enables such damage to the environment for profit as consumers desire more, companies produce more regardless of the damages.]]> 2021-11-30 00:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919239920 Document 6: Inhumane Jobs for Customer Consumption bgocana https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919240181 Often North American and European companies choose to produce their products in other countries and they would be able to pay very little to sweatshop workers 

Children spend their days picking the materials used for clothing, mining minerals, or making a rug for North Americans to buy these luxuries without a second thought of how they were made while these children worked immensely for their minimal wage in order to support their families. 

North American and European companies continue to thrive out of the expense of these poorer countries and their workers.]]> 2021-11-30 00:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919240181 Document 7: Sweatshop Labor is Modern Slavery bgocana https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919240363 The chart above shows an estimated amount of people who are living in modern slavery as of 2018.

The three countries with the largest amount is India, China, and Pakistan. Modern slavery continues to worsen by increasing.

The foundation that organized this data categorized it by modern slaves as victims of workplace abuse, debt bondage, forced marriage and/or sex trafficking, etc.

Certain parts of those categories mentioned are reasons of why people choose to work in sweatshops showing that consumerism isnt the only reason why sweatshops continue to exist.

In Eastern Asian countries, modern day slavery continues to be an issue that has not been reduced.]]> 2021-11-30 00:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919240363 Document 8: Hardly Livable Wages to Workers bgocana https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919240461 Sweatshop workers are payed to the very minimum whether that be three cents or three dollars. As East Asia continues to exploit their workers for profit, their wages remain low for the time being. Although there have been backlash as seen with protests about their low wages, here is one of many.

A protest held against clothing manufacturer Liberty Apparel on July 8, 2004 in New York City. The protest was held in one of their factories by garment workers due to working 14 hours and being paid $3 an hour. After working up to 80 hours a week, their wages were held back for up to eight months. ]]> 2021-11-30 00:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919240461 Document 1: What is Consumerism and it's Involvement with East Asia bgocana https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919240859 Many sweatshops are located in East Asia because of how cheap they manufacture items and how profitable it is to both sides, the companies as well the factories, due to low costs. 

Consumerism is the acquisition of consumer goods and it seems to be the biggest supporter of modern day's economy as people want to buy more and more unaware of the consequences.]]> 2021-11-30 00:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919240859 Document 2: The Beginning of Sweatshop Labor bgocana https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919241031 There was no immediate start of sweatshop labor rather it stemmed from gradual demand from consumers as they demanded more after limited supply of what they consumed whether that be sugar or clothing.

Consumerism can be considered the beginning of sweatshop labor as sweatshop labor would not be as big without consumer demand.

Currently fast fashion is the biggest source of sweatshop labor as companies continue to desire more profit and more people continue to buy excessively which causes the support of sweatshop labor to grow as companies need to produce merchandise for buyers in a profiting manner companies can benefit from.

In the ebook, "Pocket change : pitching in for a better world" by Michelle Mulder it shows how everyday items like clothing is made which many expect from machines could be made by sweatshop workers who suffer from their workplaces conditions, everyday items that make us pay for not only the shirt but the work sweatshop workers do daily. 

It shows that European or North American companies would rather make their products in poorer countries rather than their own in order to pay less to the people in those poorer countries as they would receive more profit and lose less from worker wages.

The book could take up entire sections on its own as it thoroughly explains how consumerism has affected many aspects of life, whether that be the workers themselves or the environment and continues to exist in modern day.]]> 2021-11-30 00:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1919241031 Section One Sources: bgocana https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1920910632 Document 1:
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Ebook: "Pocket change : pitching in for a better world" by Michelle Mulder]]> 2021-11-30 16:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1920910632 Section 9: Dehumanization bgocana https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1921644076 The paintings above demonstrate how dehumanizing sweatshop workers are inside of the workplace. 

Inside the workplace, the workers appear miserable while they all do the same job in a grimy building. The building has paint peeling off with broken windows and a door that has been split half which holds an ill "employee". With the information  gathered about the workplace it can be inferred that the worker is ill due to the conditions its in.

Their boss seems to be shouting at a worker who can be assumed to be doing something wrong, a minimal mistake, their boss seems to be insulting them which we can infer through his expression. 

Mistreatment whether that be verbal words or a physical building withering away, both can be dehumanizing.]]> 2021-12-01 00:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1921644076 Section Four Resources: bgocana https://padlet.com/bgocana/4se02f6l86gvhchv/wish/1921646194 Document 7:
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