Child Labor

USW Helps Empower Workers on Firestone Plantation in Liberia

Fred Redmond | Posted 09.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Liberian Supreme Court, Child Labor, Firestone Synthetic Rubber and Latex Co. The Save My Future Foundation, Fortune 500, Africa, General Agricultural and Alliled Workers Union of Liberia, Bridgestone/Firestone, Economy, Latex, United Nations, Bridgestone Corp, “Firestone: The Mark of Modern Slavery”; United Steelworkers, Wildcat Strike, John Sweeney, Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia, Liberia, Samuel Kofi Woods, Leo W. Gerard, Peace Corps, USW; AFL-CIO Solidarity Center; AFL-CIO, Harmon Lisnow, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, New York Times, Harvey Firestone, Terry J. Renninger, Fawul, Monrovia, Business News
Fred Redmond

This is what unrestrained, immoral and disloyal multinational corporations have reduced us to: modern slavery.

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Infecting Nike, Initiating Obama: An Interview With Saul Williams

Scott Thill | Posted 08.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Child Labor, Sellout, Saul Williams, Nike, Barack Obama, Economy, Dick Cheney, George Bush, 2008 Election, Civil Rights, Entertainment News
Scott Thill

Williams:"At the end of the day, I think its a dangerous decision for Nike to popularize a song like "List of Demands." My belief in the power of music tells me that it could possibly work against them."

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The High Cost Of Low Fashion

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 08.23.2008 | Style

Read More: Child Labor, Style, H&M, Daily Mail, Fashion, Clothes, Forever 21, Sweatshops, Dress, Style News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

It was a black halter dress bedecked with very '50s red cherries and matching piping. Flattering in that fit-and-flare way that has me wishing I wa...

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Chocolate, Fair And Square

Craig McCord | Posted 04.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Fair Trade, Child Labor, The People Who Feed Us, Chocolate, Farmers Markets, Rae Stang, Cocao, Fair Trade Practices, Fair Trade Chocolate, Organic, Lucky Chocolates, World Economy, Sustainable, Living News
Craig McCord

Chocolate seems to taste better when it's been produced in a way that treats everyone along the way fairly and equitably.

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Gap Plans "Sweatshop Free" Labels After Child Labor Uproad

The Observer (U.K.) | Dan McDougall | Posted 11.03.2007 | Business

Read More: Retail Industry, Clothing, India, Sweatshop, Gap, Child Labor, Business News

In what would be the biggest commitment to ending child labour ever undertaken by a major retailer, Gap Inc is drawing up plans to label its products ...

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Gap Kids: New Frontiers in Child Abuse

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 10.31.2007 | Business

Read More: Clothing, India, The Gap, Barbara Ehrenreich, Child Labor, Martha Hansen, Human Rights, Gap, Child Exploitation, Exploited Workers, Human Rights Abuses, Business News
Barbara Ehrenreich

It was enough to make you vomit all over your new denim jacket. The Gap has been caught using child labor in an Indian sweatshop, and not just child labor -- child slaves.

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Gap Found Using Child Labor In India Sweatshop

AP | Posted 10.28.2007 | Business

Read More: India, Child Labor, Business News

A British newspaper reported Sunday that it found children as young as 10 making clothes in a sweatshop in New Delhi, India, that the Gap Inc. fashion...

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Child Workers Again Found Making Clothes For Gap In India

The Observer (U.K.) | Dan McDougall | Posted 10.27.2007 | Business

Read More: India, Gap Inc, Child Labor, Business News

Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destine...

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