On AlterNet: sweatshops

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "sweatshops"

Jim Hightower on Sweatshop Crucifixes [VIDEO]

Jim Hightower, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 6, 2007.
Just in time for Christmas comes something that Christians worldwide will consider to be an abomination.

Victoria's Secret: It's Slave Labor and So-Called "Free Trade"

Jonathan Tasini, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. November 27, 2007.
Jonathan Tasini: The National Labor Committee has found some appalling conditions at Victoria's Secret production facilities in Jordan.

Union Activists Uncover American Crucifixes Made in Chinese Sweatshops

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. November 21, 2007.
Lindsay Beyerstein: The National Labor Committee held a press conference in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral to call attention to the conditions.

How the Luxury Industry Went the Way of McDonald's

Emily Wilson, AlterNet. September 19, 2007.
Even a Louis Vuitton handbag isn't much different from a Big Mac.

U.S. Prisoners Exposed to Deadly Chemicals in Toxic Sweatshops

Christopher Moraff, In These Times. January 24, 2007.
For more than a decade, the Federal Prison Industries has been forcing inmates to handle toxic "e-waste" containing arsenic, mercury, lead and other cancer-causing chemicals.

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