A presentation and discussion of the global garment industry and the exploitation of labour would be held in Appalachian state university on March 17.

The presentation titled “undressing the global garment industry sweatshop labor and global justice”, would focus on the ways to be responsible consumers who promote economic justice through their purchasing power.

The college of arts and sciences, the departments of anthropology, geography and planning, sociology and sustainable development, the global studies program, and the offices of civic engagement and the quality enhancement plan would be sponsoring the presentation.

A ‘sweatshop’ is defined by the US department of labour as a factory that violates 2 or more labour laws. The situation of sweatshop manufacturing around the globe were brought to the attention of many people when in 2013 an eight storey building housing several garment factories collapsed in Dhaka, killing over 1,100 workers and garments destined to 15 international clothing outlets were found in the rubble.