Publications and Resources
- Wal-Mart Shareholder Meeting 2008 Speech
- Trina Tocco 6/6/2008
- Trina Tocco, ILRF's Campaign Coordinator spoke at Wal-Mart's Shareholder Meeting on June 6, 2008 to defend Resolution #7 which calls for the Establishment of a Human Rights Committee within Wal-Mart's Board of Directors.
- 2008 Wal-Mart Sweatshop Workers Speaking Tour Round-Up
- 5/13/2008
- April 7-18, 2008 workers from factories and fields abroad visited communities in Michigan and Ohio to raise awareness about labor conditions in Wal-Mart’s supply chains.
- Fairness in Flowers Campaign Toolkit
- Clarissa Pintado and others at ILRF 4/25/2008
- FLOWERS. We give them to our loved ones as acts of appreciation, compassion, and kindness.
- Veriflora
- 4/1/2008
- The VeriFlora Certified Sustainably Grown label is one of the certification systems for flowers and potted plants that have been produced in an environmentally and socially responsible manner and meet the highest standards for freshness and quality.
- Good bulbs, bad jobs: Workers and Conditions Behind Your New Compact Fluorescent
- Policy Matters Ohio 3/25/2008
- A major supplier of compact fluorescent light bulbs to General Electric Co. requires many to work a 64-hour week that exhausts workers and violates Chinese labor law.
- Chong Won Fashion Updated Fact Sheet
- Workers Assistance Centre 3/14/2008
- NMCW Factsheet
From Nov. 14, 2006 to February 2008
On November 17, 2006 the management-led “Caretaker Committee” (supposed to be a caretaker committee of the union of the workers at CWFI) had filed a petition to cancel the registration of the union at the Region IV-A office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
- Valentine's Day Letter to Dole from Faith Leaders
- 2/12/2008
- As religious leaders in the United States, we believe in the importance of fair treatment of workers and respect for worker rights everywhere, at home and abroad. All our faith traditions support workers’ rights, living wages, safe working conditions, and a voice in the workplace through unions and collective action.
- Fighting FTAs
- 2/7/2008
- bilaterals. org, GRAIN and BIOTHAI are today launching a collaborative publication, "Fighting FTAs: The growing resistance to bilateral free trade and investment agreements".
- Flyer for Florists and Retailers
- Nora Ferm 2/2/2008
- ILRF encourages florists and other selling flowers to look for the certification labels of Veriflora and TransFair USA as one way to better the conditions for cut flower workers.
- Development, Trade and Labor Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Global Policy Network 1/10/2008
- Is investment in the garment industry in Africa a helpful development tool? The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has, since 2000, provided free access to the U.
