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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results18 Connexions Library4 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 2 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 2 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryConnexions: Volume 10, Number 1 - Spring 1986 - The Arts and Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1986 Death in a New York Food Sweatshop: The Killing of Juan Baten Gross, Daniel Article 2011 For thousands of recent immigrants, the eastern section of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is where you go to find work in food processing and distribution factories that service many of New York City's marke... Ethical Shopping: A Magic Bullet to Save the World?: New Internationalist November 2006 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2006 A look at shopping ethically and its limitations. Discussion of why consumerism is contributing to a negative impact on the planet. Global Sweatshops' Media Spin Doctors Fairchild, Charles Article 1997 On the whole, there's an imposed silence about the steadily increasing number of low-wage factories being set up in poor countries by wealthy multinational corporations: the "debate" is over. J.P. Stevens - Boycott Kit Book 1979 This kit provides extensive background information on the organized boycott against J.P. Stevens and Company Inc. The boycott, now in its third year, was organized to bring wide attention to the unjus... The Kids Are All Right: They're Fighting the Corporations Article 2001 If the anti-sweatshop movement gains confidence in saying that its goal is revolution to shape the world with the anti-capitalist values of equality, democracy, and solidarity; and if it spreads an un... LA Sweatshops: Common Threads In Struggle Bonacich, Edna Article 1998 Seeing how power is exercised by those who have it in this society opens one's eyes to the profound need for power on our side. You recognize the need to build organizational strength and resources. Y... Letter to the Editors: Against The Current vol. 161 Wegemer, Chris Article 2012 The argument for sweatshops comes not only from “free market” ideologues but sometimes from voices of establishment liberalism. An argument against. No Sweat: Fashion, Free Trade, and the Rights of Garment Workers Ross, Andrew (ed.) Book 1997 Surveys the chasm between the glamour of the catwalk and the squalor of the sweatshop. Raising the Workers' Flag: The Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936 Endicott, Stephen L. Book 2012 A history of the Workers' Unity League, the Canadian affiliate of the Communist Red International of Labour Unions. Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights Gordon, Jennifer Book 2007 Jennifer Gordon discusses her years spent working with the organization she founded, the Long Island-based Workplace Project. Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights Boulder, Kamala Kempadoo (ed.) Book 2005 This collection of essays underscores the interlocking relationship between prostitution, migration and trafficking. They reveal a deep seated anxiety about borders, economic resources and the fragili... The University of Nike Unger, Ben Article 1997 Nike is just a piece of the bigger puzzle of private donors in public universities, but it is a perfect example of why private money is helping to erode the positive goals of public education. Workers Solidarity Issue 2: June - August 2004 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2004 A newsletter pulbished by the Workers Solidairty Alliance (WSA). Workers Solidarity - Volume 1, Number 1 - New Series: February - April 2004 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2004 A newsletter pulbished by the Workers Solidairty Alliance (WSA). Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesCorpWatch CorpWatch provides news, analysis, research tools and action resources to respond to corporate activity around the globe and also talks with people who are directly affected by corporate abuses as wel... KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives KAIROS brings together churches and religious organziations to respond to issues of common concern, advocate for social change and join faith with action for social transformation. Maquila Solidarity Network/Ethical Trading Action Group The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) is a labour and women's rights organization that supports the efforts of workers in global supply chains to win improved wages and working conditions and a better ... News and Letters An organization of Marxist-Humanists standing for the abolition of capitalism, both in its private property form and ins its state property form. We stand for the deveopment of new human relations; wh... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryBangladesh factory fire: brands accused of criminal negligence Sources News Release 2012 Clean Clothes Campaign, along with trade unions & labour rights organisation, is calling for immediate action from international brands following the fire in Dhaka Bangladesh which killed over 100 wor... Cheap clothing proves far too dear The death of workers in Bangladesh are just the latest tragedy that springs from the west's addiction to fashion Siegle, Lucy 2010 In Bangladesh one hundred workers died in a garment fire, a common occurence plaguing a workforce that already has the distinction of being the "most poorly paid in the world". The author investigates... From the Connexions Archives |
