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Article

5 Jan 2002

Author:
Kirstin Downey Grimsley, Washington Post

Activists Press Burma Campaign: More Companies Agree That Labor Conditions Are Oppressive

A group called the Free Burma Coalition...has persuaded more than two dozen American corporations [including Ames Department Stores Inc., Jones Apparel Group, Sara Lee Corp., Family Dollar Stores Inc., TJX Cos. which operates T.J. Maxx stores, and Nautica International Inc.] over the past 18 months to stop importing goods made in Burma.