Sweat Shop
32" x 40", mixed media.

It is hard to tell exactly what year it
is by looking at this picture. No, this
is not the Triangle Shirtwaist
Factory that burst into flames in
1911. This is a depiction of a factory
in the 1990's, eighty years later.
With the advent of Unions and Labor
laws beginning in the 1920's, the
sweat shops went underground.
Nowadays, under the
aegis of the Global Economy,
sweat shops are still alive and well
here and in other countries where
wages are cheapened but the misery
is still the same. The difference is
high profile companies pocket a
larger profit with designer shirts
commanding prices that are typically
$40 to $200 each.
It makes you wonder where the term
"fashion conscience" comes from.
© sol robbins

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