Date of publication: December 4, 2008
Source: New York Teacher
Author: Matt Smith
NYSUT and the state Labor-Religion Coalition are sounding the alarm over a recent report that links a popular school-uniform clothing line sold at Wal-Mart to a Bangladeshi factory that forces its workers to labor in extreme sweatshop conditions.
The JMS Garments Factory in Chittagong, Bangladesh, produces school uniforms sold under the brand name "Faded Glory" school wear.
A report by SweatFree Communities — an anti-sweatshop group based in Bangor, Maine — says JMS is home to some of the world's worst working conditions...