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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Sweatshop Police
Robert J.S. Ross : Congress
The government is about to declare virtual disarmament against the lawbreakers.
2006
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Sneakers for Social Justice?
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.
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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.
2005
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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.
2004
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SweatX Closes Up Shop
Richard Appelbaum & Peter Dreier
There's a growing market for clothing and other goods made to satisfy consumers' social conscience.
2002
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Sunshine on Sweatshops
Jenny Stepp : Student Movements
Student activists at Florida State are sweating out the summer in tents to draw attention to their cause.
2001
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My Nike Media Adventure
Nike has the advantage when it comes to mass media, but activists may have the advantage with micromedia.
1999
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