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• What is the real cost of a "cheap" cotton t-shirt? (Listen to this BBC broadcast)
  
• Major clothing labels criticise Cambodian labour violence
  
• Pentagon passes buck: Not our job -- No red flags raised on factory visits
  
• Massachusetts Pols told Pentagon not to give contracts to sweatshop
  
• Written Off - Fighting Back: Pennsylvania's Apparel Workers
  
• Gov. Corzine Joins National Anti-Sweatshop Initiative
  
• Sexy marketing or sexual harassment at American Apparel?
  
• Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor
  
• Democrats Renew Push for Mariana Labor Bill
  
• Sportswear industry Offside! on workers’ rights
  
• U.S. Jordan Free Trade Agreement Descends into Human Trafficking
  
• American Power Source workers file suit over firings
  
• Workers file suit against American Power Source
  
• Military Uniforms Made in Sweatshops, Union Says
  
• Sweating slave labor
  
• NE Anti-Sweatshop Conference for High School Students
  
• Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
  
• Macy's to Sell Baskets Made in Rwanda
  
• Garment Maker Prizes Workers
  
• Workers Assail Costume Plant
  
• Living On The Edge At American Apparel
  
• Central American Labor Pact Stirs Strong Emotions
  
• SweatFree Communities Launches New Website
  
• Nike's Gloomy Labor Report Deserves Applause
  
• Poor working conditions plague Guangdong, CHINA
  
• FOR EDUCATORS: Walmart and Its Critics
  
• Sweat-Free Sweats At UConn
  
• Breakin' a Sweat
  
• Remembering the Triangle Fire
  
• Standards Proposed For School-Apparel Firms
  
• American Apparel not progressive, just perverse
  
• WRC Report on Far East and First Apparel
  
• Wal-Mart Wins "Public Eye Award" For Irresponsible Corporate Behavior
  
• Quilt Artist Sews Hope
  
• Lesotho loses from global trade shift
  
• Haiti: FTZ update from Batay Ouvriye
  
• Justice for All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in China
  
• Release and Sentence Reductions for Stella Shoe Factory Workers
  
• cooperative Maquiladora Mujeres de Nueva Vida Internacional
  
• Mary-Kate, Ashley: No Sweat
  
• Ben Davis Clothes are Proudly Union-Made in the USA!
  
• MX Labor Reform Plan Threaten Labor Union Freedom and Democracy
  
• Five Chinese sweatshop workers jailed for protesting unpaid wages
  
• Pressure Mounts on Grupo M to Negotiate with Haitian Workers
  
• Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on Murder of Teamster Jose Gilberto Soto in El Salvador
  
• ShopUnionMade.org
  
• Los Angeles Council Passes Anti-Sweatshop Ordinance
  
• Slave Labor Along the Massacre River
  
• Bangladeshi workers rebel in Namibia
  
• Garment workers slam NAFTA
  
• South Asia's Women Garment Workers
  
• Chinese Garment Workers Win Unpaid Wages from REI
  
• Tell REI To Stop Exploiting Workers
  
• Purchase Your Own No Sweat Sneakers
  
• Lands' End has deal with labor in El Salvador factory
  
• Triangle Fire Commemoration
  
• Chinese Textile Workers Arrested For Protesting
  
• Indonesia Workers Regain Jobs!
  
• URGENT ACTION NEEDED IN HAITI!
  
• Haiti: Grupo M workers form new union
  
• Help Prevent the Deportation of Migrant Workers
  
• Mexican Labour Rights Activist Attacked and Brutally Beaten
  
• Hundreds Strike at Thai Apparel Factory
  
• Ugandans Transform Factory into Workers Co-op
  
• Police Violence Overtakes Cambodian Garment Worker
  
• The Union Mall: Holiday Alternative to Sweatshops
  
• Cintas employees call for an investigation of Cintas
  
• Basic Workers' Rights Violated in Thailand
  
• Ethically Challenged: What's Up at H&M?
  
• Two Garment Workers Killed In Lesotho
  
• One Worker Killed, Hundreds Injured In Bangladesh
  
• P. Diddy/Sean John Uses Sweatshops!
  
• Does the World Bank Build Sweatshops?
  
• USAS Targets Lands' End
  
• Workers' Victory at Jaqalanka Factory in Sri Lanka
  
• Students Protest Coca-Cola's Crimes in Colombia
  
• Wal-Mart Stores Raided, Illegal Immigrants Arrested
  
• Labor Protest in Iraq
  
• Colombian Union Leaders Abducted
  
• Labor Protests Continue In Behshahr, Iran
  
• Making Trade Fair: USAS files NAO complaint
  
• Update: Yale Strike Over, Settlement Reached
  
• Nike Settles Free Speech Case
  
• Garment Unions to WTO: Keep Quota
  
• Labor Ups the Ante at Yale
  
• Burmese Workers Arrested in Thailand
  
• Musicians Unite Against Sweatshop Labor
  
• Canadian Labor Angry at Attack of Organizers
  
• Workers Killed in Cambodian Labor Protest
  
• Update on Colombian Coke Story
  
• Malaysian Labor Advocate Released After 2 Years
  
• US Retailer Linked to Burma Sweatshops
  
• South African Tragedy Claims Union Lives
  
• Burmese Women Need Help
  
• Matamoros
  
• Thai adidas Workers Leave Ministry of Labor
  
• Supreme Court to Review Nike Case
  
• Bangladesh Workers Observe Safety Day
  
• Thai Workers Demand Justice From Bed and Bath
  
• Violaciones laborales continuan en Nicaragua
  
• Shareholders Demanding Audits
  
• Disney Sweatshops in Bangladesh
  
• Dominican FTZs Still At Risk for Abuse
  
• Saipan Lawsuit Settled
  
• Sweatshop Campaign Pushes Legislative Change
  
• Activists Take on Nike at Annual Meeting
  
• Nigerian Sweatshop Fire Claims Lives of Dozens
  
• Retailers Targeted For Dock Labor Problems
  
• In China, Harvard Apparel Proves Elusive
  
• Indonesian Nike Workers Protest Cutbacks
  
• NY Governor Signs Anti Sweatshop Law
  
• Reebok Workers Protest in Indonesia
  
• Inside Chinas Sweatshops
  
• Thai Workers Protest Samsonite Abuses
  
• Childrens Place Still Tied to Burma
  
• Sweatshop Conditions Spark Riots in China
  
• 42 Killed in Shoe Factory Fire in India
  
• Wal-Mart Caught Cheating Workers
  
• Nicaraguan Maquila Worker Severely Burned
  
• NJ Governor Signs Anti-Sweatshop Order
  
• New Era Workers Reach Settlement
  
• Brazilian Co-op Empowers Workers
  
• Sweatshop Activists Pull Together
  
• Australian Councils Act on Sweatshops
  
• Iranian Textile Workers Protest Unfair Labor
  
• Another Victory For Saipan Lawsuit
  
• Samoan Sweatshop Workers Win Lawsuit
  
• Student Sit-In Makes Demands on USC
  
• Workers at Mex-Mode Win a Wage Increase
  
• Saipan Film To Be Screened Nationwide
  
• WRC Releases Findings on Adidas Factory
  
• Evidence ofTarget Sweatshops in Cambodia
  
• Study Shows Wage Laws Reduce Poverty
  
• Unions Pledge to Enlist More Women
  
• NYC March with Sweatshop Workers
  
• BehindTheLabel.org Seeks Interns
  
• Retailers Profit From Prison Labor
  
• Sweatshops An Issue at Senate Hearings
  
• Global Union Declares War on Exploitation
  
• Indonesian Workers Strike Over Poor Wages
  
• Fire Deaths in Bangladesh Factories Increasing
  
• Click Here for The Retailer Sweatshop Files
  
• Groups Condemn IOC Choice of Burma Uniforms
  
• Indonesian Labor Activist Refuses Reebok Award
  
• Background Information for BTL Televised Debate
  
• Voice Your Opinion During World Economic Forum
  
• Groups Demand Child Labor Kicked Out of Soccer
  
• China Lawyer Fights For Worker Rights
  
• Global Union Calls for Release of Chowdhury Activist
  
• Apparel Factories Shut Down in Indonesia
  
• Olympic Torch Bearer to Run Barefoot
  
• Factory Workers File Suit Against Bebe
  
• Uncertain Future for NYC Chinatown
  
• Disney Forced to Pay Back Wages for Contractor
  
• Newborn Twins Die Due to Locked Factory Doors
  
• Nike Provides Update on Mexmode
  
• Mexmode Still Working to Resolve Problems
  
• Transcript of Chat Session with David Bally
  
• WTO: What Does It Mean for Poor?
  
• Workers Officially Launch Forever 21 Campaign
  
• Transcript of Chat Session With Joann Lo
  
• Film Depicts Saipan Factory Abuse
  
• Captivating New Video Exposes Life Behind The Labels
  
• Chat Session Transcript with Bill Hynd, Oxfam
  
• Industry Loses Another 15K Jobs in October
  
• Bangladesh Workers Tour US Colleges
  
• Landmark Saipan Case Proceeds to Trial
  
• Transcript of Chat Session with Richard Lipsitz
  
• Reebok Factory Fails To Meet Standards in China
  
• New Study Finds Harvard Janitors Making Less
  
• Striking Garment Workers Beaten By Lesotho Police
  
• Apparel Sales Drop Worst in 34 Years
  
• Brazil Loses Child Labor Warrior
  
• Kukdong Factory Wins Independent Union
  
• Transcript of Chat Session with May Chen
  
• Garment Manufacturers Move to Sub-Sahara Africa
  
• ICFTU Day of Action to Go Ahead November 9
  
• Nike And Harvard Enter Into Apparel Deal
  
• Terrorist Attack Impacts Chinatown Garment Workers
  
• Bangladesh Garment Workers Launch Strike
  
• Anti-Sweatshop Victory in Maine
  
• USAS Announces National Gathering, Chicago
  
• Lesotho Launches US$100 million Denim Project
  
• Victory for Ladybird Workers in Thailand
  
• UNITE to Target Retailers in New Campaign
  
• Ho Chi Minh City Unions Protest EPZ Abuses
  
• Nike Video Tries To Sell Responsible Image
  
• Manager Faces Trial in Vietnam For Beating Worker
  
• Myanmar Garment Workers Protest US Bill
  
• Workers Win Back Wages From Long Island Retailer
  
• New Coalition Fights for Independent Kukdong Union
  
• Police Clash with Protestors in Genoa, One Killed
  
• Union Leaders Fired for Protesting Poor Work Conditions
  
• Union Supporters Under Siege in Liz Claiborne Factories
  
• Indian Trade Unions to Fight Against Child Labor
  
• Living Wage Project Emerges Into Educating for Justice
  
• Union Says Coca-Cola in Colombia Uses Thugs
  
• LA Garment Workers Testify Before Lawmakers
  
• AFL-CIO Launches TV Ads on Trade
  
• Global Justice for Garment Workers Kicks-Off August 7
  
• Cameroon: New Report Points to Labor Violations
  
• Bloomberg Sweatshop Shirts a Problem in NYC
  
• News Flash: Tragedy Strikes Again in Bangladesh
  
• Factory Collapse Kills Child Laborers in China
  
• New Era Caps Added to AFL-CIO Do Not Buy List
  
• Globalization Introduces New Dilemma to Pakistan
  
• Australian Textile Workers in Limbo After Lay-Offs
  
• Patching Together a Better Lot for Textile Workers
  
• Ice Cream Mogul Plans Anti-Sweatshop Clothing Line
  
• New Study Finds Mexican Maquila Wages Insufficient
  
• SACTWU Negotiates Historic Wage Agreement
  
• SACTWU Strike in South Africa
  
• Union Leaders Face Death Threats in Guatemala
  
• Charges Against Niketown Seven Dropped
  
• NEWS FLASH: Indonesian Labor Activist Freed
  
• USA: Labor Unions Gain Sympathy Says Poll
  
• Sara Lee Vows No More Business in Burma
  
• Terror Strikes United States Working Families
  
• Unions Release Statements of Support for America
  
• Forever 21 Targeted for Labor Rights Violations
  

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INFOCUS

• American Sweatshop Labor Clothes the Military: American Power Source
• Courage and Determination of Apparel Workers in Central America
• Just Garments: Union Made in El Salvador
• Death and Destruction at Sweater Factory in Bangladesh
  
  
• Come to the SweatFree Communities National Conference!
• An intimate look behind Gelmart's sweatshops
• Agreement at the Ouanaminthe free trade in Haiti
• The Truth Behind American Apparel: Sweatshop free or Union buster?
• Buy Sweatfree
• Sara Lee Workers Win Victory in Mexico
• Rockin Sweatshops Out of Town
• Where Can Conscientious Consumers Shop?
• Students Fighting for Justice at CINTAS
• EPA Proposal Endangers Workers
• Portrait of a Textile Worker
• Cambodian Labor Leader Killed
• The Dirty Secrets Behind Angelica
• Police Raid Thai Sweatshop, Rescue 18 Teens
• Making a Difference: Hai-Tri Le
• Protest, Bloodshed, and Death in Bangladeshi Garment Sector
• Labor Abuses At CINTAS Producing Factory in Haiti
• Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Converges in NYC
• Tommy Hilfiger Drops Mexican Workers In Time of Need
• Tarrant Apparel Big Let Down For Rural Mexican Workers
• Historic Contract Signed by Guatemalan Maquila Workers
• Victory For Thai Gina Form Workers
• Fred's Remains in Burma Despite Labor Abuses
• Fred's Under Fire for Labor Abuses on Two Continents
• For Colombian Unions, Coca-Cola Spells Death
• Dominican Labor Victory Points to International Solidarity
• Evidence of Burma Sourcing Found in Jos. A. Bank Stores
• Cintas Workers Seek Uniform Justice Globally
• Wages Stolen from Adidas and Reebok Workers
• Chumbawamba Says
• Nike Workers Take To The Streets Against Corporate Irresponsibility
• Indonesian Protestors Shot During Labor Rally
• Maquila Workers Intoxicated in El Salvador
• Tragedy for Garment Worker in Nicaraguan Target Factory
• Taking the Sweat Out of Active Wear
• A Sweat-Free Prom for the Big Apple
• Students Count Victories for New Era Strikers
• Target: Cambodian Sweatshop
• Dita Sari Gives It Back
• Voices of the Poor Silent In Meeting of Global Elite
• Moving Across Borders: Trafficking in the Garment Industry
• 2001: A Two-Faced Year for Labor Rights in El Salvador
• Siberian Exiles: The Plight of Russian Garment Workers
• It's A Poverty Stricken World For Disney Laborers
• Fight Not Over, Say Saipan Retailers
• The Movement to Unbrand Today's Teens
• New Era Struggle Shows Labor Abuse Is Global
• LA Garment Workers Sue Forever 21
• Recession Speeds Up Race to the Bottom for Dominican Republic
• Bangladesh Apparel Struggles With Global Economic Slowdown
• New Era Campaign Sparks Renewed Interest in National Student Labor Movement
• New Campaign Promises Hope for NYC Apparel Industry
• Central America Faces Off With US Economic Uncertainty
• Future of Global Garment Industry Uncertain in Current Economy
• Chinatown Garment Workers Threatened in the Aftermath of NYC Tragedy
• Urban Congregation Leading the Faith-Based Charge Against Sweatshops
• Harvard Sit-In Reflects Growing Student Movement For Living Wages
• Arrest of Indonesian Union Activist Highlights Employer Intimidation Tactics
• First Grade Manhattan Teacher Exposes Students To Wonders Of Social Justice
• New Global Justice Campaign to Target Retailers
• Aftermath of Kukdong Strike Reveals Continued Need for Nike and Reebok Intervention
• Dominican Collegiate Apparel Workers Still Waiting For Promised Changes
• Dismissal of Class-Action Lawsuit Exposes Legal Gap For Canadian Homeworkers
• 47 die in Bangladesh sweatshop fire

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EYE TO EYE

• Marasalane Tells Her Story
  May 16, 2002
  
  
• Manuel Mejia Juarez of FESTRAS Talks About the Plight of Guatemalan Maquila Workers
  February 20, 2002
  
  
• David Bally Talks About His Innovative Classroom Curriculum
  January 4, 2002
  
  

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CAMPAIGNS

• Military Uniform Watch


• Uniform Justice!

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VIDEO & AUDIO

• Marasalane Tells Her Story
• Stephanie Black Talks About Her Film: Life and Debt
• Premilla Dixit Gives us a Different Version of Cheap Labour
• Manuel Mejia Juarez of FESTRAS Talks About the Plight of Guatemalan Maquila Workers
• Sofia Sazo speaks out
• Leslie Kretzu Talks About Her Commitment to Fighting Injustice
• David Bally Talks About His Innovative Classroom Curriculum
• Tom Morello Talks About Rage Against the Machine's Involvement in the Labor Movement
• Gilberto Garcia Speaks About Labor Rights
• Marcela Munoz Talks About Kukdong's Success
• Behind the Scenes of
• Paula Rogovin: Teacher and Child Labor Activist
• Jim Keady Shares Some of His Thoughts
• A Younger Generation Speaks Out
• NYC Responds to "Made in NY"
• People of Faith Speak Up
• USAS members respond to the WTC tragedy
• Niketown Arrest Seen For the First Time
• Aurelio Gives a Home Tour
• Interviews with Monina Wong, Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee, and Lek Yimprasert, Thai Labour Campaign
• CARI - part 4
• Campaign Launch!
• Our Downtown Reporter, Tanya Margolin, talks with Wall Street businesswomen about their thoughts on Ann Taylor sweatshops
• CARI - part 3
• CARI - part 2
• CARI - part 1
• Eric Dirnbach takes on Niketown!