Date of publication: April 11, 2008
Source: The Goshen College Record
Author: Laura Schlabach
Excerpt from article:
Didier Leton, from Costa Rica, spent 18 years picking pineapples and bananas for Del Monte, earning minimum wage in inhumane conditions.
Savin Phal, from Cambodia, was recently fired from her sewing job for trying to form a union at her factory.
Goshen College students along with faculty and community members heard stories like these last Sunday night at the Sweat Free Communities Presentation held in Newcomer.
Leton and Phal are traveling with Sweat Free Communities, a network for local action against sweatshops, in a tour through Midwest cities to urge government implementation of policies that protect the rights of sweatshop workers...