Sweatshops in the News
- 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
- 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- 1/29/08, Clean Clothes Campaign: Indian court cases against Dutch and Indian organisations withdrawn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.




