Reading the week’s article, “Virginia Just Became The 38th State To Pass The Equal Right Amendment. Here’s What To Know About The History of the ERA”, I learned that the ERA movement has been in progress for at least a century. Virginia is the 38th to back up the Equal rights movement is excellent and all, but it shouldn’t take this long to have equal rights regardless of sex. The women’s suffrage movement, the ERA, and now the mee too movement’s should be more than enough to allow congress to see and move forward the right to protect women in the United States. In the video, sweatshop warriors, we listened to the exploitation of young women labor worldwide. These were as young as 13 that had a day’s worth of work. The United States’ thriving economy is, but they will pay as little as possible to see more profit fit in their pockets. Unhealthy work conditions were seen in the documentary. There have been unsafe environments that ultimately led to the death of over 20 women because a fire broke out, and there were no available safety measures, just like the triangle shirtwaist factory fire. Around 500 people were working in this factory. There were long hours of labor and unsafe conditions. Typically who employed these sweatshop jobs were immigrant women. These are the only people that need jobs no matter what to support themselves. My mother, who came to New York City around the ’80s, still experienced sweatshop labor. They could only use the restroom once a day, so she chose wisely. The way this country exploits immigrant women is atrocious. I believe there are still underground sweatshops in the United States; we hear so much about it because the news doesn’t care for it to be known.