ACTIVITY ONE

PUTTING A HUMAN FACE ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

• WATCH A VIDEO ON THE FOLLOWING URL AND ANSWER
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN A COMPLETE FORM
(SUBJECT, VERB AND COMPLEMENT)
• https://youtu.be/8Bhodyt4fmU
• WHO IS THE REPORTER TALKING ABOUT?
The reporter is talking about the life of people that our
clothes.
• HOW MANY SHIFTS DO THESE PEOPLE WORK?
These people do 19 to 20 shifts
• HOW LONG DO THEY REST BETWEEN SHIFTS?
The rest for these people is three or four hours
• HOW MANY HOURS DO THESE PEOPLE WORK?
These people work 14 or 15 hours a day an
• WHAT TIME DO THEY START WORK?
They start work at 8 a.m.
• WHAT IS A GARMENT WORKER? (investigate)
A garment worker is someone whose occupation is
making or repairing fur garments, dressmaker,
needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress, modiste -
someone who makes or mends dresses.
• WHY DO MOST OF THEM WALK TO WORK?
 Most of people walk to work because to take the bicycle
cost 10 to 15 cents
• WHAT TIME DO THEY FINISH WORK?
They finish their work at 10 or 11 p.m., when they
overtime work, they finish at 3 or 4 a.m.
• DO THEY DO DIFFERENT TASKS AT WORK OR THE SAME
ONE?
They do different tasks; they have one minute to finish
their task and continue with other one and they have one
hour to do 60 tasks.
• CONTINUE WATCHING THE VIDEO UP TO THE END; WHAT
WORD OR WORDS WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO NAME THE
SITUATION OF THESE PEOPLE.
I would say that these people are overexploited, I think
that there is labor overexploitation, because they have no
rights, they are obligated to work, they are paid enough
and more things