Date of publication: April 7, 2008
Source: Goshen News
Author: JUSTIN CRIPE
Phal Savin of Cambodia spent many years sewing clothing for Wal-Mart. A mother of five, she was recently fired for trying to form a union.
She is now vice president of the Coalition of Cambodia Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU).
Didier Leiton of Costa Rica worked for 17 years on pineapple and banana plantations and is now an organizer with the Union of Agricultural and Plantation Workers. He has been “blacklisted” by the plantations for his activities with the union.
Both spoke at Goshen College Sunday evening against sweatshops, with their target being large department stores...