Wage of a sweatshop worker. Sweatshop workers in Bangladesh are paid just 24 US dollars per month. And thatâs the official minimum. Most workers only get 13-15 US dollars per month. The above number is based on the official minimum wage.ot a nice place to work!... Sweatshop workers wages can be as low as 1 US cent per hour, and they work up to 100 hours a week in conditions of poor air quality and extreme heat. More on sweatshops conditions below.
A Ponderosa Pine (Wikimedia Commons) Oregon is home to the worldâs tallest pine tree, according to a story in todayâs Mail Tribune. The following is an excerpt from the story about two men who discovered the tallest pine (268.35 feet) in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest:
Brian French and Will Koomjian love to climb trees. They do it professionally, recreationally and in service to science. Their group âAscending the Giantsâ started up about 10 years ago with a mission to scale and document Oregonâs tallest, oldest and biggest trees. âThe superlative trees,â Koomjian called them. One of the first of these trees they climbed as a group is the Brummit Fir (aka the Doerner Fir) â a 327-foot giant in Coos County, Oregon. âThe Brummit is the tallest Douglas fir in the world, so itâs a tree of global significance,â Koomjian said.