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Workers Collapsing While Making Your H&M Clothes and Puma Shoes: Where's the Mass Outcry?

Anne Elizabeth Moore, TruthOut.org. April 5, 2012.

70 percent of the clothing made in Cambodia is sold in the United States--where's the Foxconn-style outrage over atrocious conditions for garment workers?

Chinese Workers Demanding Better Wages, Conditions, Real Union Protections

Lijia Zhang, Comment Is Free. March 4, 2012.

The first signs of real trade unions and factory strikes may signal the end of China's low cost, low human rights advantage.

Labor Association Monitoring Apple's Manufacturing Has a History of Letting Corporations Off Easy

Josh Eidelson, In These Times. February 27, 2012.

Apple's chosen a labor monitor to keep an eye on its FoxConn factory that has long been criticized by anti-sweatshop activists.

Why Small-Town America Is Drowning in Drugs

Jeff Deeney, The Fix. February 21, 2012.

A look at how the collapse of industry, poor labor conditions and the anxiety of economic decline facilitated mass drug use in one small town.

Apple Tries Damage Control after Horrific Working Conditions at its Factories Exposed

Jeff Ballinger, Labor Notes. January 31, 2012.

Apple's attempts at cleaning up its image after recent scrutiny of its labor practices are more about reputation than actual change.

Worker-Run Factories in Argentina Continue to Thrive, Boosting the Economy and Influencing Workers in Other Countries

Marcela Valente, IPS News. November 12, 2010.

"The state should strengthen these businesses because they are productive units that are growing sources of genuine jobs, which are neither precarious nor informal."

Toxic Chemicals Are Maiming Thousands Around the World

Aquene Freechild, Environmental Health Fund. May 16, 2008.

Over time, our bodies lose their ability to cope with toxic chemicals, and each exposure has a more severe effect.

Recent Explosion Reveals Fatal Double Standard for Workers

Les Leopold, Chelsea Green Publishing. February 20, 2008.

As the recent explosion in the sugar factory shows, in industrial facilities, the drive for profits undermines safety.