First of all, millions of people ¨live¨ with what they get from sweatshops, entire economies from all around the world are based on sweatshop labor and we would severely harm these countries if sweatshops disappeared.
Corporations and politicians are trying to convince the public that the only hope for economic survival lies in accepting the spread of sweatshop conditions. A very good example of this is Mexico, the country where I live. About three months ago new reforms were passed in order to ¨improve¨ working conditions and the minimum wage. Guess what the outcome of these was; none of the two main goals were obtained. The question is why?
Corporations and politicians in Mexico, as well as other countries such as Vietnam, Bangladesh or the Philippines are not willing to improve their Labor Standards and are not willing to demand these companies to establish better working conditions. Why? Corporations control the economies of these countries, and raising Labor Standards would decrease profit for these companies, damaging economies of these countries.