Are there too few sweatshops?

No. There are too many.

As for what the governments of the various countries do that's up to them, they will make what they consider to be the best of whatever situation they are left with. As western consumers though - we can (and do) play a huge role.

If you only buy from companies who pay a fair wage, with safe working conditions, then it is those companies who will thrive, and those who use child labour (etc) will have to improve conditions or go to the wall. Help fair trade to grow, and the choice of what kind of hell 3rd world children grow up in won't be the question.

There's a few examples below, I'm sure there are others out there:

http://www.ascensiononline.com/

http://www.peopletree.co.uk/

http://www.fairdealtrading.com/

We in the western world CAN afford better. We CAN afford to give people a better deal than we do.

Presence of a greater evil does not justify a lesser evil.

Perhaps they should as a last resort when everything else before it fails. There is a lot the government and people can do to fix work though before that happens. Also it isn't 50 years ago kids don't need to do that much anymore, sure in some cases that may happen but the majority doesn't.

So you're in FAVOR of child labor, to keep them out of prostitution?

What a sick person.

EDIT: Nice trolling with multiple accounts. If you forced me to choose between making 10 cents a day and making nothing, there's no way I'd work for 10 cents a day. But I have some ideas for how to extract money from you in OTHER ways...

The clerk, in letting Scrooge's nephew out, had let two other people in. They were portly gentlemen, pleasant to behold, and now stood, with their hats off, in Scrooge's office. They had books and papers in their hands, and bowed to him.

'Scrooge and Marley's, I believe,' said one of the gentlemen, referring to his list. 'Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr Scrooge, or Mr Marley?'

'Mr Marley has been dead these seven years,' Scrooge replied. 'He died seven years ago, this very night.'

'We have no doubt his liberality is well represented by his surviving partner,' said the gentleman, presenting his credentials.

'It certainly was, for they had been two kindred spirits. At the ominous word liberality, Scrooge frowned, and shook his head, and handed the credentials back.

'They are. Still,' returned the gentleman,' I wish I could say they were not.'

'The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?' said Scrooge.

'At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge,' said the gentleman, taking up a pen, 'it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir.'

'Are there no prisons?"

'Plenty of prisons,' said the gentleman, laying down the pen again.

'And the Union workhouses.' demanded Scrooge. 'Are they still in operation?'

'Both very busy, sir.'

'Oh. I was afraid, from what you said at first, that something had occurred to stop them in their useful course,' said Scrooge. 'I'm very glad to hear it.'

It's better than making NO MONEY AT ALL, WHAT-SO-EVER.

I could make 10 cents a day making shoes, or I could make NOTHING, AT ALL.

Guess what I would pick.

Spread the Wealth! Open a sweat shop in your friendly neighborhood 3rd world country, today!

Not enough!Victorian England is laughing at us.

We can use all the unemployed cry babies.