Sweatshop News
- 3/24/11, Houston Chronicle: Century after historic fire, focus is on worker safety
- 3/21/11, Women's Wear Daily: The legacy of the Triangle Factory Fire
- 3/16/11, The Nation: Remembering the Triangle Fire
- 3/8/11, WBAI, New York: Out of the Flames, From The Ashes: The
- Triangle Shirtwaist Fire & Its Legacy
- 2/24/11, The Jewish Daily Forward: Paying Tribute to the Fire's Pained Legacy
- 12/30/10, Alternet: Deadly accidents, inhumane conditions -- Why we must fight to stop abuse of the world's sweatshop workers
- 12/21/10, The Nation: Fighting back for workers' rights
- 12/14/10, New York Times: Dozens killed in Bangladesh fire
- 12/3/10, Reuters: Nearly 800 Cambodian garment workers fired over strike
- 9/3/10, Women's Wear Daily: US firms look to turn up heat on Bangladesh
- 9/2/10, U.S. Congress: International Workers Rights Caucus Urges Companies to Protest Anti-Worker Activities in Bangladesh
- 9/2/10, In These Times: Sweatshop Army
- 8/16/10. New York Times: Bangladesh Arrests 21 After Rallies
- 7/19/10, New York Times: Bangladesh, With Low Pay, Moves In on China
- 7/19/10, New York Times: Factory Defies Sweatshop Label, but Can it Thrive?
- 6/6/10, Bloomberg: Foxconn to double China factory-worker salaries after suicides
- 4/2/10, AFP-Yahoo News: ASDA installs webcams in Bangladesh factories
- 3/10, American Economic Review Vol. 100, No. 1: Multinationals and Anti-sweatshop Activism
- 3/1/10, Labor is Not a Commodity blog: Twenty-one locked-in apparel workers die in another factory fire in Bangladesh
- 2/26/10, New York Times: Obama aims to use federal contracts as a way to lift wages
- 12/31/09, New York Department of Labor: Governor Paterson announces record level of recovered wages returned to New Yorkers in 2008
- 11/18/09, New York Times: Protests persuade Russell Athletic to rehire Honduran workers
- 10/19/09, Bloomberg Review: HBO documentary traces history of New York garment industry
- 9/11/09, New York Times: New study- The most comprehensive examination of wage-law violations in a decade
- 10/19/09, Bloomberg: Kathy Lee Scandal, Deadly Fire Highlight 'Schmatta' Story: TV
- 6/10/09, Standard Times: Eagle workers protest plant closure
- 5/1/09, UPI: NYPD uniforms allegedly made in sweatshop
- 4/30/09, New York Post: NYPD used a 'sweatshop'
- 4/29/09, New York Times: Police Uniforms Seized in Raid on Manhattan Garment Factory
- 4/29/09, Crain's New York Business: Sweatshop for police uniforms busted
- 4/28/09, USA Today: A 'thimble-ready' cause
- 4/27/09, Sporting Goods Intelligence, Labor organizations step up pressure in Russell dispute
- 2/12/09, Chinese Staff and Workers' Association: Liberty Apparel garment workers declare monumental victory
- 2/10/09, Suburban Journals: Weldon Spring company accused of labor violations
- 2/2/09, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Charles manufacturer sued by Puerto Rican workers
- 1/29/08: Landmark joint employment case going to trial
- 12/11/08, New York Times: Economy complicates labor dispute
- 10/13/08, Huffington Post: Warren Buffet, Waltons, linked in sweatshop report
- 10/10/08, Business Week: Wal-Mart supplier accused of sweatshop conditions
- 6/17/08, South Coast Today: Activists rally for union at former Bianco plant
- 3/11/08, Postal Record: Worker exploitation behind postal uniforms exposed
- 2/20/08, Los Angeles Times: The 'Made in Italy' label: Read the fine print
- 2/8/08, Cambodian League for the Promotion & Defense of Human Rights: Violence against Cambodian union members condemned
- 1/31/08, Human Rights Watch: Bangladesh: Labor activists in export sector harassed
- 1/29/08, Clean Clothes Campaign: Indian court cases against Dutch and Indian organisations withdrawn
- 1/20/08, L.A. Times: Is NFL on the right team? A Super Bowl sponsor isn't playing fair with rubber workers in Liberia.
- 1/14/08: Deccan Herald: In Chinese factories, lost fingers & low pay
- 12/7/07, Sunday Mirror U.K.: Designer labels' sweatshop scandal
- 12/7/07, San Jose Mercury News: Reaching across party-lines to end modern day slavery
- 12/7/07, Xinhua News Agency: California top spot for human trafficking in U.S.
- 12/4/07, New York Times: New York Manhole Covers, Forged Barefoot in India
- 12/3/07, Clean Clothes Campaign: Indian court issues international arrest warrants for Dutch labour activists
- 12/2/07, Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior: Disney Fails to Catch and Stop Labor Violations
- 10/29/07, Salt Lake Tribune: Chinese workers lose their lives producing goods for America
- 10/28/07, The Observer: Child sweatshop shame threatens Gap's ethical image
Welcome to this new section of our website - "Sweatshops in the News." This is a new compilation of the latest breaking news stories on labor conditions and sweatshop abuse around the world.
