This paper discusses the wide array of factors presented in the book "Behind the Label" that contributes to worker mistreatment
in the manufacture of
clothing. The paper reviews the multiple causes of the "new-age" sweatshop: Globalization of the world's economy, governmental backing of this movement with treaties such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), decline of
unionization in the United States, the manufacturer's desire to shift the risks of the fashion industry by contracting out their labor and the disproportionate power of the extremely large clothing retailers. The paper author feels that there might be some improvement since the publication of this book.