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An Empire Built on Bargains Remakes the Working World

Los Angeles Times
11/23/2003

An Empire Built on Bargains

Remakes the Working World

Los Angeles Times

November 23, 2003

Wal-Mart is so powerful that it moves the economies of entire countries, bringing profit and pain. The prices can’t be beat, but the wages can.

By Abigail Goldman and Nancy Cleeland, Times Staff Writers

LAS VEGAS — Chastity Ferguson kept watch over four sleepy children late one Friday as she flipped a pack of corn dogs into a cart at her new favorite grocery store: Wal-Mart.

Holiday Gifts from Chinese Sweatshops

Epoch Times International
12/20/2005

Human rights groups urge holiday shoppers to steer clear of Wal-Mart.

By Benjamin Youngquest

NEW YORK — Many New York area holiday shoppers may be headed to Wal-Mart this holiday season in search of affordable gifts for their friends and relatives. And why not? Wal-Mart has an enormous selection at prices that just cannot be found elsewhere. But have bargain seekers asked themselves how this is accomplished? Just how does Wal-Mart keep their prices so much lower than their competitors?

ILRF Questions Wal-Mart's Ethical Sourcing Practices on Anniversary of Wal-Mart CEO's Speech

10/24/07

On the second anniversary of the “21st Century Leadership” speech made by Mr. Lee Scott, Wal-Mart CEO, the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) releases its research report on the Ethical Standards and Working Conditions in Wal-Mart’s Supply Chain. In an effort to raise awareness and educate people about the harsh working conditions that many Wal-Mart worker’s suffer worldwide, ILRF conducted an analysis compiling information from Wal-Mart’s Ethical Standards Program from 2003 through 2006.

SweatFree on Lou Dobbs

LOU DOBBS TONIGHT
03/15/2005

As we've reported extensively here, countries such as China use unfair and often inhumane labor practices in order to gain competitive advantage in world trade. Now state and local governments all across this country are taking action to protect American workers from similar conditions. A movement called SweatFree Communities is promoting new legislation, and that movement is gaining momentum. Lisa Sylvester reports.

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Sweatshop Labour in Hip-Hop Apparel

Word Magazine
07/01/2005

By Jonathan Cunningham



UNVEILING THE TRUTH BEHIND MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS

Many urban consumers are secretly proud that hip-hop fashion and apparel has become a multi-billion dollar industry sprawling across most continents. The trendy designs, which have morphed from the awkwardness of Coogi in the early 1990’s to the chic urban couture of Sean John and Akademiks, have become accepted as “business attire” nowadays within certain offices and professions.

Tackling the Contradictions in the Global Fashion Industry

Publication Date: 

January 1, 2008

ITGLWF/InditITGLWF/Inditex Professor of Ethical Fashion Doug Miller's lecture from last year's Maquila Solidarity Network's ethical fashion week is now available for download in PDF format. Entitled "Beauty & the Beast," the lecture looks at the back-story of environmental and human rights issues (the Beast) behind the fashion industry (Beauty).

Memo to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders regarding "yes" vote on Sustainability Report Resolution

Publication Date: 

April 13, 2009

ILRF is urging shareholders of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Corporation to support a resolution requesting company management to produce a report on its portfolio companies’ practices in the areas of labor and human rights and other issues related to the environmental and social impact of their business activities. This memo was sent on April 13, 2009 to the leading shareholder advisory services by ILRF and International Rivers, a nongovernmental organization concerned with the impact of dams on communities and the environment, urging a “yes” vote on this proposal.

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