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Attachment A Meghan Brady 8th Grade - Park�iew Mr. Ebert First Piace �T'hink Before You Buy When I saw trendy clathes or a pair of shoes at the store, I never thought. about how they were mad� or how they got there. That was before. Now I k�ow that many famous design�rs ar�d stares use sweatshops for the man�fact�re of their products. Sweatshops are piaces where people wark in horrible conditior�s and get paid next to nothing. I think that it is a violation of human rights to have paor, innocent people making things far us and earning barely enough to get by. Tnese people don't earr� enough money for food, housing and clothes for their farnilies, Iet alone money ta send their children to callege. They are just trying to manage and they have to endure awfuI conditians and treatment. i think that it is wrong for people to have to work in that kind of harmful environment. Article 24 of the Universal Dectaration of Hurnan Riglzts states: "Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, ineluding reasonable l'unitation of worrcing hours and periodic ho�idays with pay." Cauntless people get sick or die each year due to fatigue caused by overwork ir� sweatshops in rr�any cauntries, including China, Indonesia, India, and Mexico. Sorne peop�e work 12 or more hours per day for seven days a week. People work so hard and for so Iang and most get paid less than $1 AO an hour. That can'i be right, can it? It is not right for ihese people to �e working so �ard in such terrible conditions. Many people who work in sweatshops have tried to forrn labor unior�s. Thei� attempts have failed because of uruon busters, who are usua�ly �ocal thugs and criminals hired by the cornpanies. Article 23, Section 4 of ti�e Universal DecIaration af Hurnan Rights states: "Everyone has the right to fonm and to join trade unians for ihe protection