- In the Article about Bangladesh, the argument of it was about the violations and having their workers in danger. I know this because in the article it talked about, 1,127 people died of the collapse of a factory. The owners of the eight story high building built the building in shoddy materials such as brick, standard rods, and not obtaining necessary clearances. Their #3 human right was violated:The right to be safe and free.(Many people were forced with long hours and in a building made to literally collapse.)This issue is a big thing in 3rd world countries. Many workers don't even get paid enough to have a meal. This is sickening to see that we have it all and we are still very ungrateful. Knowing that people would rather work than spend time with their family was surprising because that shows how committed and set that their life is all about work. It was shocking that the bosses were so insensitive about the building conditions. They just didn't care. They wanted the money and they would do anything to get it.
In the poem "Sweatshop" the argument of it was working so much that they really don't have a "life" as many people would say. The workers are so consumed into the job that when they get rest they say its relieving but then the boss comes back and its back to work. These workers are programed in the thought of having their whole life at work. They are like machines the author says. While I was reading this poem it didn't seem so different. They both worked so hard that, that was "their" life. It was different because it was in different locations and different people but they both had a similar situation. I understood the poem as, a person being programed to have to work long hours with nothing to eat, drink and no where to sleep. It really showed me that we the people who live in the United States of America are VERY privileged to have workers rights. We have laws that keep us safe and under unions. We need to step up and help out the people who have no working rights!
