Why it matters: A 1995 raid of a sweatshop complex in El Monte where more than 70 workers were virtually imprisoned exposed modern-day slavery in the U.S. and led to greater scrutiny not only of ...

Youth (Spring), by Chinese director Wang Bing, follows young factory workers in China as they toil, love and live their lives within the confines of workshops that offer them little pay.

In the 2000s alone America shed nearly 6m factory jobs. Such work often offered high-school leavers a route to a stable, ...