If you recall, in June Apple was under fire about allegations that their manufacturing facilities in China are working under sweatshop-like conditions. They launched a full-blown investigation into ...
As Westerners demand cheaper goods, the use of so-called “sweatshops” abroad has rocketed. But the goods are cheaper because “ [t]he global proliferation of sweatshops has driven the income and ...
Mainstream economists wrongly dismissed the student-led antisweatshop movement of recent years, writes John Miller, a professor of economics at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. Although these ...
Workers work on a production line at the plant of Tianwei Yingli Green Energy Resources Co., Ltd. in Baoding, China in 2009. In the last couple of years, China has been pushing for more high-tech ...
One of the worst industrial disasters in the modern era took place in Bangladesh when the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed on April 24, 2013, killing more than 1,100 people and injuring some 2,500 ...
The difference between heaven and earth : introducing Alta Gracia -- From factory favorite to fighter : human cost of the "Race to the Bottom" -- Risky proposition, unlikely alliance : founding a new ...
NEW YORK — Tragic as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was, the most definitive moment of Thursday’s all-day symposium honoring its centennial was an impromptu exercise that reminded guests just ...
On April 24, 2013, Rana Plaza collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,132 people and injuring over 2,500. We must address the continuing sweatshop conditions of clothing factory workers who still ...
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