Chapters 20, 21

 China has had issues with labor. Factories cage in millions upon millions of men and women with harsh hours little pay. A factory in the province of Guangdong, holds in hundreds of thousands of workers that sleep in dormitories and eat company meals. For the workers to be fed, around 3,000 pigs are slaughtered during the process. The rise of the industry began in the 1980s in Shenzhen when it was called a special economic zone. Over time, Shenzhen became a booming Sun Belt city. Soon enough, young and uneducated women from villages and farms came to work in the factories. Workers had to leave their families for a long time. The monthly pay goes between $115 and $155. A Typical shift goes for 12 hours with two meal breaks. The Chinese law states that required weekly hours is 40 hours so overtime is applied. Factory work can be dangerous and that people got murdered in the process. There has been the controversy with Nike and their labor conditions. Like other factories/companies in China, the working conditions are quite harsh. Nike has grew in the sports industry of sports wear has made demand in the United States. The company went through many marketing changes throughout its history to become one of the biggest sports brands in the U.S.