sweatshop

The fashion-magazine moment is long gone as Miranda deals with such alarming new trends as budget cuts, the imperative to cram her vision into annoying little video clips, and consumer sensitivity to sweatshop manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

Both leaders famously clawed their way to the top from unlikely beginnings -- Lee worked in a sweatshop to support his family, while Lula dropped out of school to sell peanuts and shine shoes.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

“Yuletide Factory,” a circus show at the New Victory Theater, splits the difference, locating its cheer inside a sweatshop churning out seasonal doodads.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

They lived for a while in Harlem while his mother worked in a sweatshop and got by with the help of food stamps.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

The original sweatshop has been preserv ed for posterity at Lew Pants.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

At the same time, "Fiddler" coincided with the Jewish exodus from tenements and sweatshops to suburban homes and professional opportunities.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023

Major MNCs like Nike, Gap, Forever 21, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, and others have been harshly criticized for using sweatshops to produce their shoes and clothing lines.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

She bounced around from L.A. factory to L.A. factory, avoiding wage theft and dodging sweatshops, before finally finding a job as a buttonhole operator on a production line, earning a decent wage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2022

It has set up small factories in the countryside to lure workers back home from sweatshops in Bangkok, part of an effort to combat the urban migration that has debilitated rural economies.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

Fannie worked at one of two sweatshops owned and operated by the Marx & Haas Clothing Co., the largest clothing manufacturer in St. Louis.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell