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Jordan's garment sector: How are brands combatting exploitation and abuse?
Jordan’s garment sector is booming, driven by a free trade agreement with the United States and cheap migrant labour from South and Southeast Asia. Historically the situation of these vulnerable workers has been dire and although there have been some ...
Chinese Pollution Rules Target Export Industry
Author: Jane Spencer, Wall Street Journal
Earlier this week, Zhang Lijun, vice director of China's State Environmental Protection Administration, said export manufacturers who violate China's pollution laws would be forced to close for one to three years... The [Ministry of Commerce] says the...
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Their dreams unraveled [El Salvador]
Author: Marla Dickerson, Los Angeles Times
It was a story of hope: a Central American sweatshop transformed into a unionized, worker-run apparel factory, thanks to nearly $600,000 in loans and donations, including help from retailers Gap Inc. and Lands' End [part of Sears]…Just Garments plant...
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`Fair-trade' label reaches retail market
Author: Susan Chandler, Chicago Tribune
A group of corporate alumni from Lands' End [part of Sears]...have traveled the world searching for garment factories that treat workers well and pay them more than the legally required minimum wage...Late last month, they launched Fair Indigo, a...
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SOLE: 'U' must stop sweatshop contracts [USA]
Author: Keara Caldarola, Michigan Daily
SOLE [Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality] demonstrated on the Diag yesterday to accuse the University of not adhering to the Code of Conduct for University of Michigan Licensees...Julie Peterson, the University spokeswoman [said] the...
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Fair Labor Association report covers working conditions at 25 companies incl. Nike, Patagonia, adidas-Salomon, Eddie Bauer, Reebok, Liz Claiborne
full report: "Fair Labor Association Year Two Annual Public Report"
Author: Fair Labor Association
[refers to Fair Labor Association (FLA) participating companies: adidas-Salomon, Eddie Bauer, GEAR for Sports, Liz Claiborne, Reebok, Nordstrom, Nike, Patagonia, Phillips-Van Heusen and Zephyr-Graf-X. Also to FLA category B licensees, which commit to...
- Related stories: Fair Labor Association report covers working conditions at 25 companies incl. Nike, Patagonia, adidas-Salomon, Eddie Bauer, Reebok, Liz Claiborne
- Related companies: adidas American Pad & Paper Commemorative Brands (part of American Achievement) Cutter & Buck Eddie Bauer Global Accessories Herff Jones Jostens Land's End (part of Sears) Liz Claiborne (part of J.C. Penney) Mainland Headwear MBI New Era Cap Nike Nordstrom Outdoor Cap Oxford Industries Patagonia PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) Reebok (part of adidas) Riddell Sears Twins Enterprise VF Corp
The Maturing Movement Against Sweatshops
Author: Mischa Gaus, In These Times
Student anti-sweatshop activism has come of age...The signing of a collective bargaining agreement last March at the BJ&B hat factory in a Dominican Republic free-trade zone was particularly sweet for student campaigners...A developing campaign...
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