Sweatshops

2007

San Francisco No Longer Sweat-Free

Tom Hayden : San Francisco/Bay Area

The city has backed away from its longstanding commitment to avoid procuring city workers' garments from offshore sweatshops.
The Gap: New Frontiers in Child Abuse

Barbara Ehrenreich : Children & Child Care

The Gap has been caught selling garments made by child slaves in India. It's enough to make you vomit all over your new denim jacket.
No-Sweat Sit-Ins Hit Academe

The Editors : Higher Education

Will a donation from Nike deflect Stanford's efforts to curb sweatshop labor in the making of its sports regalia?
The Last 'Competitive Advantage': Letter From China

Jehangir S. Pocha : China

How do the Chinese make such cheap TVs? By silencing, arresting and sometimes torturing labor rights activists.

Sneakers for Social Justice?

Dave Zirin : Sports

New York Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury is getting props with a $14.98 sneaker designed to appeal to low-income kids. But the criticism he's endured over sweatshop labor shows it's hard to do good.
Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor

Peter Dreier & Richard Appelbaum : Higher Education

The University of California has thrown its weight behind an antisweatshop initiative on campus logowear, proof that conscientious consumers can humanize the forces of global capitalism.

Students Confront Sweatshops

Richard Appelbaum & Peter Dreier : Student Movements

With a new wave of activism against sweatshops sweeping college campuses, student interest in the morality of their clothing choices can set a standard for the rest of us.

SweatX Closes Up Shop

Richard Appelbaum & Peter Dreier

There's a growing market for clothing and other goods made to satisfy consumers' social conscience.