Sweatshops

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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The Commercial Games: How Commercialism is Overrunning the Olympics and Why It Matters

Robert Weissman | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Junk Food, Nike, Sudan, Olympics, Speedo Lzr Racer, Commercialism, Adidas, Sweatshops, Business News
Robert Weissman

Sports, of course, remain centerstage, but commercialism has overwhelmed whatever other values the Olympics hope to embody.

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Wal-Mart Exploits Teen Labor in Mexico

David Nassar | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Minimum Wage, Wal-Mart Mexico, Exploitation, Newsweek Teens at Work, Child Exploitation, Mexico, Wal-Mart, Sweatshops, Wal-Mart Teenaged Laborers, Politics News
David Nassar

This video portrays just one, egregious example of Wal-Mart's willingness to twist the truth and take advantage of its workers.

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The Devil's Bargain: Sweatshops and the American Scheme

John W. Whitehead | Posted 01.02.2008 | Business

Read More: What Would Jesus Buy, Free Trade, Church of Stop Shopping, National Labor Committee, Sweatshops, Wal-Mart, Business News
John W. Whitehead

Some insist that the business sector's efforts to tap into cheap labor in poor countries are about free market economics. However, the resulting dehumanization of this global workforce could be the moral crisis of this century.

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Is Victoria's Secret Sweatshop Labor?

Radar | Sarah Horne | Posted 11.28.2007 | Business

Read More: Sweatshops, Heidi Klum, Sweatshop Labor, Victoria's Secret, Victoria's Secret Sweatshop, Business News

With all the shiny angel supermodels prancing around in thongs and pillow talk of curve-enhancing bras, lingerie giant Victoria's Secret seems pretty ...

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American Apparel Lost Its Way

Tina Dupuy | Posted 11.05.2007 | Business

Read More: Hugh Hefner, Clothing, Endeavor Acquisitions, Brad Pit, Angelina Jolie, Echo Park, American Apparel, Sweatshops, Business News
Tina Dupuy

I love swag. I do. Free stuff! I have a menagerie of acquired t-shirts in my closet ranging from production companies to Bar Mitzvahs and everything i...

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San Francisco No Longer Sweat-free?

Tom Hayden | Posted 11.01.2007 | Politics

Read More: Labor Abuses, San Francisco Sweatshops, Labor, Human Rights, Gavin Newsom, American Apparel, San Fransisco Sweatshop Contractors, Workers Rights Consortium, Sweat-Free, Human Rights Abuses, San Francisco, Sweatshops, Politics News
Tom Hayden

How can the highly-regarded liberal mayor of San Fransisco have granted such lengthy exemptions to taxpayer-subsidized contractors who admittedly fail to comply with the sweatfree law?

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Are We Eating the Fruits of Slave Labor?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 09.28.2007 | Business

Read More: Slave Labor, Nobodies, John Bowe, Cheap Labor, Cheap Wages, Sweatshops, Exploiting Foreigners, Immagrant Workers, Business News
Kerry Trueman

Slavery in America is alive and well, according to author John Bowe, whose book documents the shocking degree to which some American industries are exploiting foreign workers.

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Labor Day Has Gone to the Dogs

RJ Eskow | Posted 09.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Economics, Class, Sweatshops, Dogs, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Leona Helmsley's dog will get better tax treatment for her unearned wealth than working Americans will get for their hard-earned and stagnating income. And if the GOP had its way, it would pay no taxes at all.

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