Where Are Your Christmas Presents Really Coming From?

      With Christmas only two weeks away, any store you go into will be packed with customers searching for the perfect gifts for friends and family. Apple, Nike, Abercrombie & Fitch, and WalMart are some of the most popular stores in the country where millions of citizens will go to buy presents. However, maybe you should think twice before buying from the stores above as they are among the hundreds of companies that use sweatshops to produce their products. 
      I'de like to focus on the conditions of sweatshop labor, so maybe you'll think twice about what presents you're placing under the tree. A sweatshop is a negatively connoted term for working conditions that are dangerous, unacceptable, or difficult. Some examples of these conditions, according to The Moderate Voice, are "There is no organized representation for most of the workers in sweatshops. Most workers earn $8.50 to $12.50 for a 48 hour work week, with mandatory overtime that can push them to as many as 80 hours. They receive two or three days off in a month." To read more click here.  When lacing up those $100+ nikes, maybe you'll think twice about the slave like labor that went in to making them.

Will you think differently next time you go shopping? 

To find good tips on how to buy "sweatshop free", click here.