Made in the USA (or Honduras, or Mexico, or Vietnam...)
Date of publication: September 5, 2007
Source: The Oregonian
Author: Andy Dworkin and Jim Mayer
Portland buys clothes. Lots of clothes. About $2 million in clothing a year. Unfortunately, much clothing is made in sweatshops - factories that don't follow local labor laws or honor worker rights. So last week, Portland passed a resolution that aims to limit buying clothing from sweatshops.