That is an argument on false pretenses. The existence of the sweat shop is the prime factor in those people not having viable alternatives. If companies that p

That is an argument on false pretenses. The existence of the sweat shop is the prime factor in those people not having viable alternatives. If companies that pay their workers well are undercut into unprofitably then things will never improve. The near-slave labor practices ARE the problem, not a small step on the road to better wages as you seem to think. This is part of the reason minimum wages standards exist - to keep wages form declining industry-wide to the point that good companies can no longer afford to pay good wages.