anti-sweatshop

adjective

an·​ti-sweat·​shop ¦an-tī-¦swet-ˌshäp 

¦an-tē-

variants or less commonly antisweatshop

: opposing or prohibiting sweatshops

anti-sweatshop legislation

Anti-sweatshop leaders and some members of Congress have long sought to increase wages and protect the islands' garment workers …

—Rebecca Clarren, Ms., Spring 2006

Living wage and antisweatshop struggles simultaneously show the burgeoning strength and the existing limitations of new labor-based movements.

—Dan Clawson, The Next Upsurge, 2003

Word History

Etymology

anti- entry 1 + sweatshop

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

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