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Report: Lapses by Governments May Support SweatshopsWomen's Wear Daily7/1/2008
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on Sen. John McCain's Trip to Colombia and MexicoAFL-CIO7/1/2008
Prius Envy and the Greening of Wal-Mart: A Blind Spot for the Human CostGreenBiz.com6/30/2008
Financial Services Committee hears evidence for SEC rule change to level international playing field in oil, gas and miningPublish What You Pay Coalition Press Release6/26/2008
Jennifer Loves Sweatshops? Young Activists Blast StarletABC News6/25/2008
Primark shows the hidden price of cheap fashionThe Times (UK)6/20/2008
Is Fair Trade Becoming 'Fair Trade Lite'?Business Week6/18/2008
Human cost of Brazil's biofuels boomLos Angeles Times6/16/2008
Amnesty condemns forced cane labor in BrazilReuters5/28/2008
Burger With a Side of SpiesNew York Times 5/7/2008
Make a green statement with your next bouquetSeattle Times5/3/2008
Group celebrates Mother’s Day at Home by Supporting Working Moms AbroadILRF Press Release4/29/2008
Is There Any Way to Stop Wal-Mart & Co. from Sweatshop Profiteering?Washington Monthly4/29/2008
Groups discuss alleged ills of Wal-Mart purchasingPress & Guide (Dearborn, MI)4/20/2008
Group focuses on working conditionsKalamazoo Gazette4/17/2008
Wal-Mart Sweatshop Workers Tour at GVSUMedia Mouse (Grand Rapids, MI)4/17/2008
Colombia: No Rights, No TradeWashington Post4/14/2008
New Wal-Mart spurs oppositionArab American News4/11/2008
Sweatshop workers speak out, creating awarenessThe Goshen College Record4/11/2008
Workers Tell All - Former Sweatshop Employee Recounts Experiences During Tour StopThe Times-Reporter (Dover-New Philadelphia, OH)4/10/2008
Wal-Mart, States Must Stop Sweatshop Abuses, Say Workers from Costa Rica and Cambodia to Ohio and Michigan ResidentsILRF and SweatFree Communities4/8/2008
Sweatshop laborers back unionsGoshen News4/7/2008
Is Free Trade Worth This?Washington Post4/3/2008
Flower workers reject the Free Trade Agreement between the US and ColombiaMedia Release: Flower Workers Reject the Colombia FTA3/31/2008
Report: GE supplier in China accused of labor abusesUSA Today3/25/2008