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Sweat Shops

Susan speaks with Ron Blackwell, chief economist at UNITE...the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Workers...about garment sweatshops in America. Blackwell says that the number of sweatships is increasing throughout the country, and that conditions are reminiscent of sweatshops at the turn of the century.

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