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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
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
Stop Firestone Coalition Celebrates Victory of Union ElectionsILRF Press Release12/21/2007
Woe Christmas Tree: Wal-Mart Buys Ornaments From a Chinese SweatshopMother Jones12/14/2007
Is Wal-Mart Good for Asia?Far Eastern Economic Review12/1/2007
Wal-Mart issues citizenship report cardArkansas Democrat Gazette11/16/2007
US companies express alarm over priest’s slayManila Bulletin11/8/2007
Wal-Mart’s ethical sourcing – Green does not mean ethicalEthical Corporation10/3/2007
ILRF Statement Regarding Wal-Mart's 2006 Ethical Standards Report8/15/2007
Canadians take Philippines to task over rightsCatholic Register (Canada)8/12/2007
The baggers of Wal-MartLa Jornada (Mexico)7/25/2007
Wal-Mart Cautions Two Chinese SuppliersWall Street Journal7/25/2007
Asda, Primark and Tesco accused over clothing factoriesGuardian (UK)7/16/2007
Panel condemns Wal-Mart's employee careThe Chronicle (Durham, NC)4/17/2007
Sacked Manila factory workers hit at Wal-MartFinancial Times4/16/2007
SEIU's Employer Partnerships/Wal-Mart's low wage supply chainShift Break with Tom Herriman3/7/2007
Sweatshop workers and activists challenge Portland to pass "sweatfree" ordinanceAsian Reporter (Portland, OR)2/27/2007
Wal-Mart’s high cost of low prices: Sweatshop workers tell their storiesPioneer Log (Portland, Oregon)2/23/2007
China's besieged factories: Activists aim to expose unscrupulous labor practices to shame companiesAtlanta Journal-Constitution2/14/2007