Date of publication: March 7, 2007
Source: The Amherst Student
Author: Amanda Hellerman, News Editor
Excerpt from article:
The clothes that you are presently wearing were most likely manufactured in sweatshops. Liana Foxvog, National Organizer of SweatFree Communities, expressed this message Monday evening at a workshop sponsored by the Students for Corporate and Social Responsibility (SCSR).
SweatFree Communities is a national network of local coalitions that campaigns for sweatshop-free purchasing policies on all government levels and in school districts. Such policies require vendors and contractors to comply with local labor laws and disclose the names and locations of their factories, as well as report information about wages and working conditions...