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PBN | December 20, 2012
Dallas Observer | January 6, 2012
RadarOnline | December 29, 2011
Kernaghan made international headlines when he exposed the news that Kathie Lee Gifford's then popular clothing line was being manufactured in Honduras by children.
Seibertron | December 28, 2011
Star Magazine | December 21, 2011
Star Magazine covers the Kardashian's sweatshops in China.
Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | December 19, 2011
Institute released an exposé about Jet Fair Industrial, Hasbro's supplier factory in China, producing Transformers figures.
Catholic News Service | December 12, 2011
The Catholic News Service observes how the global economy has changed very little during the past twenty-five years. Despite a great advocacy on behalf of the Catholic Church in the United States and NGOs like the Institute to issue labor and economic reform, American corporations continue to outsource American jobs and to exploit workers abroad.
Forbes | December 6, 2011
With the emergence of China as an economic super power in recent years it seems as if the ability for Western countries to demand higher working standards had been reduced considerably. However, as with the case of KYE systems, an electronics supplier in China, it appears that exposure from local watchdogs and NGOs has prompted significant reform to improve the working conditions of Chinese workers.
Neon Tommy | December 4, 2011
Students at the University of Southern California have continued to protest the ten year agreement between the USC and the Dallas Cowboys that will grant Silver Star Merchandising, the Dallas Cowboy’s apparel line, exclusive rights to manufacture and distribute USC college apparel. These protests continue as more reports indicate that Silver Star has repeatedly employed suppliers in Third World countries that violate labor rights.
UWEEKLY @ OSU | November 30, 2011
Students protest OSU’s negotiations with Dallas Cowboys over licensing agreement.
The Columbus Dispatch | October 15, 2011
The Columbus Dispatch picks up the story of the fight for workers' rights at a factory used to make Ohio State merchandise in El Salvador.
Dallas Observer | October 14, 2011
Contrary to overwhelming evidence, the Dallas Cowboys have denied their merchandise is produced in the Style Avenue sweatshop in El Salvador.
Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | October 13, 2011
The Dallas Cowboys and Ohio State University and Wal-Mart are implicated in a sweatshop scandal, producing their licensed goods at an illegal sweatshop in El Salvador, where women are just paid pennies per garment and stripped of their rights.
Labor Notes | October 4, 2011
It’s a cruel joke that Democratic politicians are trotting out language about “labor standards” to defend imminent trade agreements with Colombia, Panama—and Korea, which these Korean unionists protested. Experience with previous trade deals makes it obvious global brands like Walmart like the current sweatshop system just the way it is.
Migrant Rights | September 28, 2011
Migrant Rights reports on the gaining momentum of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights’ campaign to elucidate the atrocious working conditions at the Classic factory in Jordan.
WBEZ Worldview | September 27, 2011
Just-Style | September 16, 2011
Ecouterre | September 15, 2011
September 14, 2011
Peoples World | September 9, 2011
Associated Press | September 8, 2011
Associated Press | September 7, 2011
The AP picks up the story of rampant rape and other rights abuses at the Classic sweatshop in Jordan.
Catholic San Francisco | September 7, 2011
AP on Google | September 6, 2011
Daily Herald | September 3, 2011
change.org | August 31, 2011
Change.org reports on progress at the Classic sweatshop as the accused rapist leaves Jordan. More pressure is necessary to make conditions sufficiently livable.
Northwest Herald | August 30, 2011
Youth Labor Committee | August 29, 2011
High-school students in Chicago, near Sears’ headquarters demand action in response to the report of extensive rights abuses and rapes at the Classic sweatshop in Jordan.
Fresh Outlook | August 25, 2011
News Blaze | August 25, 2011
Ms. Magazine | August 17, 2011
Ms. Magazine follows up on their earlier coverage of the rights abuses at the Classic factory in Jordan.
Ms. Magazine | August 15, 2011
Ms. Magazine reports on the rapes and other workers’ rights violations at the Classic factory in Jordan reported by the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights in June.
Change.org | August 12, 2011
Change.org reports on moderate improvements in the working conditions at the Classic sweatshop in Jordan as a result of the report by the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights and its petition on Change.org.
ecouterre | August 9, 2011
Women's Wear Daily | August 9, 2011
AllVoices | August 8, 2011
The Nation | August 8, 2011
The Nation covers the case of a spate of rapes at the Classic sweatshop in Jordan.
Change.org | August 4, 2011
Change.org offers suggestions for how to use social media to ask Target, Hanes, and Macy’s to ensure the safety of workers at the Classic sweatshop in Jordan.
Stephen Lendman | July 27, 2011
Huffington Post | July 21, 2011
The Huffington Post offers extensive coverage of rights abuses at sweatshops in Jordan and the silence of American retailers who purchase products from those sweatshops.
The Sunday Leader | July 17, 2011
Workers Don’t Trust Foreign Employment Ministry, Says IGLHR.
LAKBIMA NEWS | July 6, 2011
Khaberni | June 29, 2011
The Sunday Leader | June 26, 2011
Change.org | June 22, 2011
Change.org summarizes the report by the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights about rape and sexual assault at the Classic sweatshop in Jordan and announces a petition to stop the abuse there.
Daily Mirror | June 21, 2011
Thom Hartmann Program | June 21, 2011
"One business taking advantage of this new Free Trade agreement was a garment company named “Classic” that specializes in making clothes mostly for Wal Mart - but also Hanes and Kohls and other products. And what goes on behind closed doors at the Classic factory will shock you." --Thom Hartmann, The Big Picture, RT
Sri Lanka Mirror | June 21, 2011
LANKAPUVATH | June 20, 2011
News Now | June 20, 2011
The Sunday Times | June 20, 2011
"Faizer Mackeen of the Association for the Licensed Foreign Recruiting Agencies (ALFEA) said yesterday the authorities had initially ignored the allegations, but were forced to act following adverse media reports in Sri Lanka and elsewhere."
Wall Street Journal | June 20, 2011
The Sunday Leader | June 19, 2011
MrZine | June 18, 2011
LAKBIMA NEWS | June 16, 2011
Daily News | June 15, 2011
Yuba Net | June 15, 2011
Daily Mirror | June 14, 2011
Daily Mirror | June 13, 2011
The Jordan Times | June 13, 2011
The Sunday Leader | June 13, 2011
Asia News | June 10, 2011
Daily Mirror | June 10, 2011
Lankasri News | June 9, 2011
Peace Women | June 9, 2011
News Now | June 8, 2011
Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | June 8, 2011
Forbes.com | May 28, 2011
AutoInformed | April 18, 2011
Business Standard | April 16, 2011
The strike at the GM India Halol plant continues, receiving support from the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) and the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF)
Indian Express | April 16, 2011
Workers at GM India's Halol plant protested against the officials of the Labour Department for not taking any action against the company despite several reminders from their end.
The Economic Times | April 15, 2011
Talks between the management and workers on strike have so far failed to yield any result and even the threat to terminate jobs have not made the nearly 200 agitating employees return to duty.
The Times of India | April 14, 2011
Hundreds of GM India workers on strike were detained by the city police.
Indian Express | April 11, 2011
Online petition by top labour body asks GM brass to address Halol workers‘ complaints
Columbia Journalism Review | April 6, 2011
Outsourcing tragedies while paying a sliver of what our workers made 100 years ago
Democracy Now! | March 25, 2011
One hundred years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, we look at some of the major struggles facing workers today in the United States and around the world. In one of many recent fires, 26 workers making clothes for U.S. companies were killed in Bangladesh last December. Workers across the United States, meanwhile, are facing a resurgent assault on salaries, benefits and their right to organize—as epitomized in Wisconsin’s anti-union bill. [includes rush transcript]
Labor Notes | March 24, 2011
Much has changed about the global economy since the Triangle fire. But despite the great power of multinationals to send contract work scurrying around the globe, garment workers in Bangladesh are doing exactly what New York’s garment workers did—organizing and demanding rights.
PropertyCasualty360.com | March 24, 2011
Unlike insurers in 1911, insurers today “focus constantly on life safety, fire prevention, and having their policyholders maintain important fire protection features,” while insurers in 1911 focused on selling more and larger policies, not risk reduction.
Workday Minnesota | March 24, 2011
On the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, workers in the developing world continue to die needlessly in sweatshops with locked exits.
PR Newswire | March 23, 2011
Official Press Release - On the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, workers in the developing world continue to die needlessly in sweatshops with locked exits.
The Raw Story | March 23, 2011
As the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire approaches, the Institute for Global Labor and Human Rights urged the United States to pass legislation to prevent multi-national corporations from violating internationally recognized worker rights standards, such as no child or forced labor, decent working conditions, freedom of association and the right to organize a union.
Forward | March 17, 2011
We look at the events that took place 100 years ago and they feel so distant from our reality. We assume that the conditions that led to such catastrophe couldn't possibly exist today. But in many other parts of the world, the garment industry is still an incredibly dangerous, abysmally paying world in which workers are often abused.
Delaware County Daily Times | March 10, 2011
While the tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory changed the working environment in the United States a century ago, labor activist Charles Kernaghan issued a call for action to end the global proliferation of similar conditions today.
Delaware County Daily Times | March 9, 2011
Today National Labor Committee Executive Director Charles Kernaghan is scheduled to speak at Widener University in Chester about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and its impact on history as part of a week-long observance of the tragic event.
AutoBlog | March 7, 2011
Just-Auto | March 7, 2011
Plastics News | March 7, 2011
Daily Times | March 6, 2011
AFP | March 4, 2011
The US Ford Motor Company on Friday was looking into a graphic report, "Dirty Parts: Where Lost Fingers Come Cheap" that accused Ford of sweatshop conditions in its factory in China.
Daily Mail Online | March 4, 2011
Ford motor company is facing accusations workers at a factory producing parts for its cars are subject to abusive and dangerous working conditions, a report said.
The Detroit Bureau | March 4, 2011
The Detroit News | March 4, 2011
The Oakland Press | March 4, 2011
Ford Motor Co. has promised to investigate complaints that employees of a company in China supplying parts to the automaker are working under hazardous conditions.
TorqueNews | March 4, 2011
AutoInformed | March 3, 2011
PR Newswire | March 3, 2011
Catholic San Francisco | February 23, 2011
Impoverished El Salvadoran workers are being crushed by the NFL.
The Local | January 29, 2011
Adidas and Puma have come under fire for doing business with a sweatshop in El Salvador where people work in inhumane conditions to produce football shirts for Germany’s biggest sportswear firms.
USA Today | November 19, 2010
Article on how the improvement in China’s economy is resulting in a bolder labor force that demands better wages and working conditions and what this could mean for companies and Chinese politics.
UNITED STEELWORKERS (USW) | October 18, 2010
The United Steelworkers union (USW) pleads with the Canadian Parliament to halt plans to pass the proposed free trade agreement between Canada and Jordan until Jordan can prove its laborers work under fair and legal conditions.
AlterNet | October 1, 2010
Shoes spur cravings, compulsions and crimes as no other clothing does, and the true cost of making them is just as surprising.
Inside Fashion | October 1, 2010
Workers in emerging nations have found an unlikely ally in their fight for higher wages and better working conditions.
www.reuters.com | September 14, 2010
Thousands of Cambodian garment workers, following a wave of labor disputes in mostly foreign-owned factories in other Asian countries, begin a five-day strike on September 13th demanding a wage increase to about $93 a month and benefits.
NY Times | September 13, 2010
Article on how Cambodia is showing signs of a more assertive work force and how labor unrest in China may be spreading to the rest of the Asian countries producing low cost goods.
eWeek.com | September 13, 2010
Microsoft is taking corrective measures after a New York Times article suggested that Russian authorities have used the company's antipiracy policy as a context for raids on advocacy groups.
eWeek.com | August 30, 2010
Microsoft's investigation into conditions at the KYE factory in China turned up violations that the company says it addressed, but the NLC finds Microsoft's statements too vague.
International Association of Fire Fighters | August 26, 2010
The NLC’s Charles Kernaghan speaks at the IAFF Convention, urging delegates to stand up against abuse in sweatshop factories making low priced goods in countries where workers’ rights are not respected.
Tribune Magazine | August 17, 2010
British and American unions are backing Bangladeshi garment workers in their fight for justice, writes Tony Burke.
International Trade Union Confederation | August 9, 2010
The ITUC is calling on the Government of Bangladesh to support decent wages and living standards for the country’s workers, particularly in the garments sector, and cease harassment of trade unionists and other worker-rights advocates.
Stronger Unions, TUC Organizing Committee | August 9, 2010
The TUC stands in solidarity with the Bangladeshi textile workers in their struggle to earn a higher minimum wage.
Trades Union Congress | August 7, 2010
The TUC has joined trade unionists and campaigners around the world to demand better terms and conditions for 3.5 million Bangladeshi textile workers, who are striking and demonstrating for, among other things, a higher minimum wage of 5,000 taka a month - just £45 ($71.53.)
AFL-CIO | August 5, 2010
AFL-CIO Executive Council issued a statement to support Bangladeshi Garment Workers' wage demand.
Morning Star | August 4, 2010
Bangladeshi workers have finally had enough of their less than living wages and are demanding modest wage increases to just be able to provide for their families, but the Bangladeshi government and multinational companies unwilling to increase costs are making it difficult to negotiate an acceptable minimum wage.
PC Pro | July 5, 2010
A factory in China that makes technological devices for companies such as HP, Intel, and IBM has been compared to a prison, as workers are forced to endure intolerable conditions; company executives are looking into these allegations.
Computer Weekly | July 2, 2010
The Jabil Factory in Guangzhou, China has been accused of using illegal and inhuman tactics to increase production for U.S. technology companies; the companies are investigating working conditions.
Good Electronics | July 2, 2010
The NLC has published a report outlining the harsh sweatshop conditions of a technology manufacturing factory in Guangzhou, China that produces goods for big U.S. companies such as IBM, Nokia, and Samsung.
St. Petersburg Times | July 1, 2010
A workers rights group that 14 years ago outed celebrity Kathie Lee Gifford for allowing her clothing line to be made in Central American sweatshops is now targeting St. Petersburg electronics manufacturer Jabil Circuit for worker abuse at one of its many factories in China.
St. Petersburg Times | June 30, 2010
A U.S.-based worker rights group that documents harsh overseas sweatshops released a report Tuesday that claims St. Petersburg-based Jabil Circuit's factory in Guangzhou, China, is rife with "cruel and inhuman" conditions affecting its 6,000 workers.
evertiq | June 30, 2010
Anybody that thought Foxconn was alone in this entire Chinese production mess? Well, now it seems Jabil's turn for a little bit of soul-searching.
The New Nation | June 17, 2010
A Bangladesh-based report on the NLC campaign to increase the minimum wage for garment workers.
The Daily Star | June 9, 2010
Daily Star editorial in support of a higher minimum wage.
May 14, 2010
Internation Press on NLC's May 2009 Metro/ R.L. Denim factory report.
Good Electronics | April 23, 2010
Despite corporate monitoring, workers in the KYE factory in Dongguan, China continue to report instances of employee mistreatment; Microsoft is allegedly investigating the abuses cited in the NLC’s “China’s Youth Meet Microsoft” report but chances are these harsh working conditions will persist.
New York Times | April 19, 2010
Two Chinese factories that supply goods to Microsoft and other global companies have been cited by government officials for violating local labor laws, including failing to register more than 300 workers between the ages of 16 and 18.
People's Daily Online | April 19, 2010
The two factories of KYE Systems Corporation have not employed child laborers, or workers younger than 16, said an official with the local labor authority in Dongguan.
Tech Eye | April 19, 2010
While software giant Microsoft is still to investigate illegal labour practices at the plants of two of its Chinese partners, it seems that authorities have been quick to condemn the plants
Toronto Sun | April 19, 2010
Two factories that make Microsoft Corp. products in southern China violated overtime regulations and failed to properly register the use of workers aged 16 to 18, a monitoring group said Monday.
Windows IT Pro | April 19, 2010
Two companies owned by a Microsoft partner that manufactures computer mouse and web camera products for the software giant were cited this week by Chinese authorities for labor violations. Microsoft is currently investigating reports that factories run by these companies engage in slave-like child labor, denying workers basic services such as work breaks, decent living conditions, and competitive wages.
The Daily Mail | April 18, 2010
Showing Chinese sweatshop workers slumped over their desks with exhaustion, it is an image that Microsoft won't want the world to see.
The Economic Times | April 17, 2010
BEIJING: Two Chinese production units contracted by global giant Microsoft have been found guilty of violating labour laws and have been given a week to rectify their "illegal practices".
China Daily | April 16, 2010
Microsoft Corp said Thursday it will investigate reports of poor working conditions at a factory in southern China that makes some of its products.
People's Daily Online | April 16, 2010
Microsoft said Wednesday it had opened an investigation following a report of harsh working conditions at a factory in China that makes products for the US software giant.
The Independent | April 16, 2010
Microsoft said on Thursday it was investigating charges that young workers at a factory in China making its mice, cameras and Xbox controllers suffer overlong working hours and harsh treatment.
www.inside-it.ch | April 16, 2010
telegraph.co.uk | April 16, 2010
Microsoft has been accused of using the "slave labour" at a factory in China where its computer mice and Xbox controllers are made after a report said the teenage workers were paid as little as 37 pence per hour.
AFP | April 15, 2010
WASHINGTON — Microsoft said Wednesday it had opened an investigation following a report of harsh working conditions at a factory in China that makes products for the US software giant.
Ars Technica | April 15, 2010
A recent report by the National Labor Committee focuses on KYE Factory, which seems to be breaking every rule imaginable.
Fast Company | April 15, 2010
Following reports of abusive labor conditions at KYE by the National Labor Committee, the factory in China that manufactures Microsoft's Basic Optical Mouse -- and a variety of other products for other companies -- Brian Tobey, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President, Manufacturing and Operations, Entertainment and Devices, has posted the following response on the Official Microsoft Blog:
Reuters | April 15, 2010
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it was investigating charges that young workers at a factory in China making its mice, cameras and Xbox controllers suffer overlong working hours and harsh treatment.
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) | April 15, 2010
After a labor group's allegations that Microsoft hardware workers are mistreated at a Chinese factory, Microsoft announced Thursday that is it sending inspectors to the KYE Systems facility in Dongguan.
The Associated Press | April 15, 2010
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will investigate reports of poor working conditions at a factory in southern China that makes some of its products.
The Seattle Times | April 15, 2010
To investigate allegations of harsh working conditions at a vendor's factory in China, Microsoft dispatched a team of independent auditors to investigate first-hand.
Wall Street Journal | April 15, 2010
Microsoft Corp. said it is investigating allegations of worker abuse at a factory in China that makes computer mice, cameras and other devices for the technology giant.
Women's Wear Daily | April 15, 2010
The Canadian Broadcasting Company aired an exposé accusing the International British Garments Factory in Jordan, which manufactures for Nygård, of human trafficking and worker abuse. Nygård is investigating these claims and pursuing legal action in order to maintain its reputation.
ZDNet UK | April 15, 2010
A Chinese firm that supplies keyboards and peripherals for a number of technology companies has been criticised over the working conditions in one of its factories.
Fast Company | April 14, 2010
Underage, underpaid workers working 15-hour shifts, sexually predatory security guards, hourly pay of just 52 cents per hour after deductions for the canteen food. No talking during work hours, no listening to music, no bathroom breaks. These are just some of the conditions that workers at China's KYE Systems Corp. plant in Dongguan City have to endure.
The Seattle Times | April 14, 2010
A U.S. labor group said this week that Microsoft has been contracting with a sweatshop in China that hires teenagers to make Microsoft mice for 65 cents an hour, 12 hours a day.
PC Magazine | April 13, 2010
Microsoft said Tuesday that it has agreed to investigate claims that a contract manufacturer of some of its peripheral products has been subjecting its employees to illegal and even inhumane working conditions.
Los Angeles Times | March 8, 2010
The notice told of worries about employees and vehicles over the automaker's push to trim costs and boost production.
Ecologist | February 23, 2010
Workers are dying in Bangladesh’s shipyards because the west's shipping industry - including UK companies - is not taking responsibility for the disposal of ageing vessels
Indian Express | February 16, 2010
A Fact-finding mission of the US-based National Labor Committee visited Shakkarpur early this month to study the plight of the agate workers affected by silicosis in Khambat in Anand district.
Haaertz | December 8, 2009
Jordan's Ministry of Labor on Wednesday rejected accusations that a local factory supplying clothing to Israel was abusing its workers, saying there was no evidence of either human trafficking or forced work.
The Washington Post | November 9, 2009
Bill calls for paid time off Some firms adjusting rules as flu spreads
ABC News | November 5, 2009
New Report Bashes Wal-Mart for Encouraging Sick Workers to Work
Newser | November 5, 2009
“ WalMart is taking heat for a restrictive policy that critics say pressures sick workers to go to work, swine flu be damned. Employees who take absences for an illness or a child’s illness rack up “points," and four points within a certain period can lead to termination. A workers' rights group blasted the policy in a new report this week. "They live in fear and dread," says the director of the National Labor Committee.
New York Times | November 3, 2009
Many American workers do not have paid sick leave and others are discouraged from taking sick days through demerit systems, etc; these policies cause people to go to work and send their children to school sick, making disease more likely to spread.
October 19, 2009
HBO Documentary "Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags" documents rise of New York garment industry and its fall in the face of the global sweatshop economy (October 16,2009)
Bloomberg | October 19, 2009
New York’s Garment District is being buried in a cheap Chinese suit.
In These Times | October 16, 2009
At one point the garment industry was the largest employer in New York City, providing jobs for tens of thousands of mainly immigrant workers and entrepreneurial opportunities for many others. Now it has almost vanished.
Jewish Lite | October 16, 2009
Being able to use the word "schmatta" in print is enticing, but know it isn't used gratuitously here. Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags is a new documentary about the history of the New York garment district that will debut from 8 to 9:30 p.m. on HBO Monday (Oct. 19 and several times thereafter). For anyone interested in American history and/or the fashion industry, this well-done doc makes for must-see TV.
PeopleUK | October 11, 2009
Kids as young as 10 are being forced to risk death breaking up British ships.
Haaretz | August 16, 2009
Working long hours in the biting cold, in unbearable heat, without enough food and no water, and no overtime pay or sick leave were some of the conditions which dozens of Bangladeshi workers allegedly had to endure in the Israeli-owned sweat shop Musa Garments in Jordan.
Haaertz | August 13, 2009
A report commissioned by the National Labor Committee (a U.S. organization devoted to protecting workers' rights) on an Israeli-run sweatshop in Jordan shocked many decent people who demonstrated in front of chain stores Jump, Irit, Bonita and Pashut at Tel Aviv's Azrieli Mall. The demonstrators protested the horrifying exploitation of factory workers by the company Musa Garments, as detailed in the NLC report. They promised a consumer boycott.
The Epoch Times | August 13, 2009
After a thorough investigation in Jordan, the National Labor Committee found workers in slave-like conditions and documented cases of beatings and rape.
Haaretz | August 12, 2009
Haaretz report provokes outrage over Jordanian factory producing Israeli labels
Haaertz | August 10, 2009
If the term "sweatshop" used to be associated with Asian countries and global brands such as Nike, now such methods of production by exploiting workers have made aliyah. Two Israeli entrepreneurs run a sweatshop in Jordan that produces clothes for leading Israeli brands such as Irit, Bonita, Jump and Pashut, Haaretz has learned.
June 19, 2009
Clean Clothes Campaign and Ver.di Union press release about their meeting with Metro Group and Metro's production returning to the R.L. Denim factory.
Clean Clothes Campaign and Verdi Union's Press Release on Metro and R.L. Denim
Women's Wear Daily | June 4, 2009
U.N. expert claims that corporate monitoring does not work
May 20, 2009
May 14, 2009
Financial Times Germany's German Language article on the Metro/R.L. Denim sweatshop. (May 13 2009)
The Sydney Morning Herald | May 14, 2009
A Bangladeshi teenager who died in a garment factory that supplies cheap jeans for export to Europe was "overworked to death", a rights group said. Fatema Akter, an 18-year-old garment worker in the port city of Chittagong, died during her shift in December last year, according to the US-based National Labor Committee (NCL).
AFP | May 13, 2009
A teenage garment factory worker in Chittagong, Bangladesh died as a result of illness and exhaustion from working overly long hours and not being allowed sick leave.
New Age | May 13, 2009
New Age Bangladesh Report on the Metro Group and R.L. Denim factory. May 13, 2009
Speigel | May 11, 2009
Der Speigel article on the Metro sweatshop in Bangladesh (May 11, 2009)
March 6, 2009
High Tech Misery report in the Media
Xinhua News | February 19, 2009
Five global information technology giants said Wednesday they will cooperate with an investigation into allegations that one of their hardware suppliers in south China made its employees work a back-breaking schedule under "dehumanizing" conditions.
Computer Weekly | February 17, 2009
Chinese factory workers are working in prison-like conditions for 41 cents an hour to make computer parts for IBM, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Dell, a report claims.
Slashdot.org | February 15, 2009
"Think you've got a bad job? Think again. You could be making keyboards for IBM, Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo and HP at Meitai Plastic and Electronics, a Chinese hardware factory.
ZDNet UK | February 13, 2009
A technology industry watchdog plans to investigate conditions at a Chinese hardware factory that supplies IBM, Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo and HP, following a damning report on conditions there by a human-rights organisation.
France 24 | February 12, 2009
A report issued by human rights activists reveals that young migrant workers are labouring under sweatshop conditions for IBM, Microsoft, HP and Dell in a factory in China. Twelve hours a day, seven days a week, the people who put your keyboard keys into place are paid 60 euro cents an hour to do it. And they're not even allowed to raise their heads or go to the toilet...
Gizmodo | February 10, 2009
A study by The National Labor Committee, which is a worker's rights group that actually is not associate with the government, found very crazy (and very cruel) working conditions in a Meitai factory in Dongguan City.
Times Hearld-Record | February 9, 2009
Chinese factory workers making keyboards for IBM and other American companies are treated little better than slaves, according to a 60-page report released Thursday by The National Labor Committee.
Multinational Monitor | September 24, 2008
Sponsored by Visa, brought to you by GE and made possible, in part, by Coca-Cola, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games floated in a sea of corporate sponsorships. The Olympic Games have long been a valuable marketing venue for multinational companies, but commercialism around the Beijing 2008 Olympics reached a whole new level as virtually every facet of the Games was auctioned off to the highest bidder.
World Tribune | September 12, 2008
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of Asians are laboring under abusive conditions at a U.S. military base in Kuwait.
International Herald Tribune | September 10, 2008
TOYOTA, Japan (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. has long boasted a stellar reputation for super-efficient production that has become the lore of countless business success books.
New York Times | August 25, 2008
Chinese workers in Japan suffer low wages, restricted movement, and other abuses, even though the Japanese economy is becoming more and more dependent on their labor.
The Daily Star | August 25, 2008
Coverage of the NLC's report: "Guest Workers Trafficked to Kuwait" in the Bangladeshi Newspaper, the Daily Star
New York Times | August 15, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/asia/15labor.html?_r=1
McClatchy Newspapers | August 7, 2008
WASHINGTON — When Susan Perry goes toy-shopping for 2-year-old granddaughter Georgia, three little words send up red flags: "Made in China." Sweatshop labor is one of those flags. But knowing what's going on in Chinese factories is hard for consumers, even though wages and working conditions are often among their top concerns about globalization.
McClatchy | August 7, 2008
McClatchy Newspapers' Coverage of the NLC's Nightmare on Sesame Street report (August 2008)
The Daily Star | August 4, 2008
US-based Steve and Barry, the buyer of Caliber Garments factory in Jordan, will provide compensation to the factory's 82 Bangladeshi workers deported from Jordan without payment of their arrears.
Edmunds Inside Line | July 19, 2008
Article on the National Labor Committee's report on Toyota and its connection with Burmese dictators and foreign worker exploitation in Japan.
automotive.com | July 19, 2008
Toyota has been accused of trafficking foreign workers to Japan and allowing sweatshop policies in its factories, paying workers very low wages and forcing them to work long hours.
autoblog | July 18, 2008
After Toyota being accused of abusing its workers and having ties to dictators, the excellent reputation it has developed for being a beacon of green technology has the possibility of being destroyed.
thedailygreen | July 18, 2008
Although Toyota has long been revered for its commitment to green technology, shocking allegations have been directed at the popular automobile company regarding worker treatment in Japan. Toyota is seriously looking into these accusations.
worldcarfans.com | July 18, 2008
Article on the NLC's report on Toyota worker abuse and what the consequences could be for the popular car manufacturer.
AnitaRoddick.com | July 16, 2008
"DISPATCH: Nightmare on Sesame Street," AnitaRoddick.com
Greens Chemical Blog | July 16, 2008
"Nightmare on Sesame Street," Green Chemicals Blog
ICIS Green Chemicals | July 16, 2008
In These Times | July 16, 2008
Article summarizing the National Labor Comittee's report on Toyota's abusive sweatshop labor practices in Japan.
Playthings | July 16, 2008
"K'Nex investigates 'sweatshop' report," Playthings
Toy News Online | July 16, 2008
"U.S.: K'Nex launches investigation after 'sweatshop' report," Toy News Online, UK
Toy News | July 16, 2008
America’s National Labor Committee has released a damning report on a Chinese factory used by K’Nex. The 30-page report highlights production of a new Sesame Street Ernie toy made by K'Nex and being launched by Hasbro in the US and Europe.
McClatchy Newspapers | July 15, 2008
WASHINGTON- The Sesame Workshop and a U.S. toymaker launched investigations Tuesday of allegations that some "Sesame Street" toys are being made in a Chinese sweatshop.
New York Daily News | July 15, 2008
K'Nex toys released its Ernie-themed building sets in the United States Tuesday. A report by the National Labor Committee found the toys are made at the Kai Da toy factory in Shenzhen, China - an alleged sweatshop.
"New Sesame Street doll is made in Chinese sweatshop-labor report," New York Daily News
Playthings | July 14, 2008
K’Nex Industries is launching an investigation into claims by the National Labor Committee, an international workers' rights watchdog group, that some of its Sesame Street building sets are made under “abusive sweatshop conditions.”
Press Release Newswire | July 14, 2008
A new Sesame Street "Ernie" toy made by K'NEX and distributed by Hasbro is to be released in the U.S. and Europe on July 15.
Reliable Plant Magazine | July 3, 2008
The United Steelworkers (USW), North America's largest private-sector union, and Unite the Union, the largest labor organization in the United Kingdom and Ireland, on July 2 signed an agreement clearing the way for the creation of Workers Uniting, the world's first global union.
WENN Entertainment News Wire Service | July 3, 2008
"Olsens Sign Petition After Sweatshop Scandal," WENN Entertainment News Wire Service
June 30, 2008
GreenBiz.com | June 30, 2008
"Prius Envy and the Greening of Wal-Mart: A Blind Spot for the Human Cost," Greenbiz.com By Conrad MacKerron
Edmunds Inside Line | June 19, 2008
NEW YORK — The Toyota Prius may be the darling of environmentalists and Hollywood celebrities, but a new report by a self-described human rights advocacy group accuses Toyota of "human trafficking and sweatshop abuses" in the building of its vehicles.
The New York Times | June 11, 2008
TOKYO — Japan’s salarymen, famous for their work ethic and their corporate loyalty, fueled this nation’s industrial rise. But more recently, they have borne the brunt of its economic decline, enduring lower wages, job insecurity and long hours of unpaid overtime.
New York Times | May 10, 2008
In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay
South China Morning Press | April 9, 2008
According to the South China Morning Press, over 3,000 Shenzhen workers engaged in a mass walkout after employees were beaten by Italian supervisors after a pay dispute.
April 8, 2008
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney condemns the murder of Teamster Jose Gilberto Soto of the Port of New York/New Jersey while in in Usulutan, El Salvador to meet with local labor leaders and port drivers.
AP | April 8, 2008
According to the Associated Press, Chinese employees of Italian sofa maker DeCoro, who sells most of its products in the U.S., organized a mass protest amidst worker beatings over pay disputes.
New York Times | March 27, 2008
This op-ed article in the NY Times, outlines the global problem involving American companies production in sweatshops in such places as China and Bangladesh, and the responsibility of American consumers and lawmakers to change this practice
Press & Sun Bulletin | March 10, 2008
ALBANY -- The young workers came from Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America, spending their own money to work in summer resort towns. Many of them wound up cheated out of wages and overtime pay, working jobs that violated child labor laws or docked pay to cover room and board.
Women's Wear Daily | February 8, 2008
WASHINGTON — Jordan's labor minister, seeking to reassure U.S. apparel buyers and the public that his government has taken steps to eradicate violations in the garment industry, outlined a five-year monitoring program Thursday intended to eliminate abusive factories.
January 23, 2008
Women's Wear Daily | January 9, 2008
Women's Wear Daily report on sweatshop abuses at the Classic Factory in Jordan.
New York Times | January 5, 2008
The New York Times | January 5, 2008
GUANGZHOU, China — Nearly a decade after some of the most powerful companies in the world — often under considerable criticism and consumer pressure — began an effort to eliminate sweatshop labor conditions in Asia, worker abuse is still commonplace in many of the Chinese factories that supply Western companies, according to labor rights groups.
Southern Metropolis Daily | December 20, 2007
Chinese labor activist, Huang Qingnan, was ambushed and stabbed by thugs in China's southern city of Shenzhen. Those close to Mr. Huang say his labor rights work was motive for the attack.
Mother Jones | December 14, 2007
A group of Chinese high school students has exposed abusive sweatshop practices in a factory in Guangdong, China, including employing children as young as 12 and forcing them to work overtime in unsafe conditions.
December 13, 2007
Gifts and Dec | December 13, 2007
Not only has Wal-Mart been accused of using sweatshop labor, it is also facing allegations regarding the use of unsustainable and unethical wood to manufacture its products.
New York Sun | December 13, 2007
Accusations against Wal-Mart for instances of child sweatshop labor have gained attention from politicians and heightened an awareness of American retailers' lax attitudes toward enforcing their labor policies abroad.
New York Times | December 13, 2007
Senator Byron L. Dorgan from North Dakota has become involved in the NLC's campaign against worker abuse in China and says that it presents a problem for U.S. trade.
The Raw Story | December 13, 2007
Workers in Chinese factory are laboring under abusive conditions and for an illegally low wage, unaware of their rights.
fibre2fashion | December 13, 2007
Summary of the NLC's report, "A Wal-Mart Christmas Brought to You from a Sweatshop in China."
ABC News | December 12, 2007
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Bloomberg | December 12, 2007
Christmas ornaments made in a factory in China and sold at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. were produced in sweatshop conditions, a report by a labor advocacy group said.
New York Times | December 12, 2007
Wal-Mart Stores said today that it would begin an investigation into labor conditions at a Chinese factory that supplies Wal-Mart with Christmas ornaments.
Reuters | December 12, 2007
Christmas tree ornaments sold at Wal-Mart Stores Inc and other major retailers were made in a Chinese sweatshop employing workers as young as 12 and others who work more than 100 hours a week, a Democratic senator said on Wednesday.
The O`Reilly Factor--Fox News | December 5, 2007
Transcript of the National Labor Committee Director's discussion with Fox New's Bill O'Reilly about Victoria Secret's sweatshop in Jordan.
November 28, 2007
Links to press coverage of the November 2007 report on Victoria's Secret's Sweatshop in Jordan
Women's Wear Daily | November 28, 2007
Women's Wear Daily November 2007 report on Victoria Secret's Sweatshop in Jordan
NY Daily News | November 21, 2007
November 2007 report on sweatshop crucifixes being sold at Trinity Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and nationally through the Association of Christian Retail
New York Post | November 21, 2007
New York Sun | November 21, 2007
New York Times | November 21, 2007
NewsDay.com | November 21, 2007
Washington Post | November 21, 2007
China Daily | November 3, 2007
LA Times | July 8, 2007
July 7, 2007n article by Marla Dickerson regarding the Just Garments case.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | July 6, 2007
Fribo factory in Guatemala promises to improve labor situation. July 5, 2007
Taiwan News | July 6, 2007
AP article on Fribo factory, Guatemala. July 5, 2007. Agreement is reached to clean up factory.
New York Times | July 3, 2007
Women's Wear Daily | June 19, 2007
June 19, 2007 Women's Wear Daily article about Daisy Fuentes Line and connection to sweatshops in Guatemala.
Salt Lake Tribune | May 26, 2007
Robyn Blumner's May 26, 2007 article on the impact of NLC Jordan report uncovering human trafficking on the Peru and Panama trade deals. (05/26/07)
Washington Post | May 13, 2007
May 13, 2002 Washington Post Article on the death of a young girl making toys in China.
April 20, 2007
April 20, 2007 article on USAID and Jordan working to improve labor rights in Jordan. (04/20/07)
Pittsburgh Post Gazette | April 19, 2007
April 19, 2002 Pittsburgh Post Gazette article on Alcoa, Mexico
Voice of America | February 23, 2007
By Deborah Tate, Voice of America.
Voice of America | February 14, 2007
U.S. lawmakers are considering legislation that would bar U.S. companies from profiting from the use of foreign sweatshops and other unfair labor practices abroad. A Senate panel conducted a hearing on the issue Wednesday, as VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.
Mercury News | November 29, 2006
The U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement has resulted in a growth of textile factories in Jordan; some are concerned that this may increase the instances of sweatshop labor, including the State Department's John Miller.
L.A. Times | October 26, 2006
Report on NLC's concern that Jordan is not keeping up with regulations set forth by the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement.
October 5, 2006
Foreign workers in Jordan have been subjected to abuse including verbal insults, beatings, and being to forced to sign blank documents under threat of deportation.
Redaccion Diario Co Latino | August 23, 2006
An article from the "San Salvador Miercoles" about workers at the Quality factory making school uniforms for Elder Manufacturing Company.
August 22, 2006
AMMAN (JT) - Minister of Labor Bassem Salem on Sunday met with US Ambassador to Jordan David Hale and delegates of the Office of the US Trade Representative to outline efforts to safeguard workers' rights in the country's Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ).
July 17, 2006
AMMAN, 18 June (IRIN) - More than 100 Bangladeshi expatriates were withdrawn from a factory in the Sahab Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) after the discovery of cases of abuse by their employer, a labour ministry official said on Sunday.
Bureau of National Affairs | July 17, 2006
Companies operating factories in Jordan's QIZs (Qualified Industrial Zones) are not living up to labor standards agreed upon between the Jordanian and United States government.
The Editor-in-Chief of Jordan's "premier corporate magazine" discusses the NLC's report on human trafficking
Jordan Business | July 17, 2006
Jordan Business looks at the NLC's report and speaks with the Jordanian Minister of Labor. (06/06)
Jordan News Agency | July 17, 2006
Petra (Jordan News Agency): June 17, 2006
Jordan Times | July 17, 2006
Jordan Times: July 5, 2006
The Washington Times | July 17, 2006
Washington Times: June 17, 2006
July 13, 2006
Leading members of the House Ways and Means Committee wrote to the US Trade Representative as well as the Secretary of State requesting that the Bush administration investigate NLC claims of abuse in Jordan
Daily Star | July 12, 2006
Editorial: Our Workers' Misery in a Foreign Land
Jordan Times | June 18, 2006
AMMAN (JT) - Industry and Trade Minister Sharif Zu'bi concluded Saturday a two-day working visit to Washington in which he discussed US-Jordan trade and economic relations with various administration officials, congressional leaders and US business leaders.
Petra | June 17, 2006
U.S. Newswire | June 17, 2006
WASHINGTON, June 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Jordan's Minister of Industry and Trade Sharif Al Zu'bi concluded a two day working visit to Washington in which he discussed U.S.-Jordan trade and economic relations with various administration officials, congressional leaders and U.S. business leaders.
Washington Times | June 17, 2006
After the NLC revealed abusive conditions in Jordanian factories, some of them have been shut down and conditions have slightly improved, but the violations have not been completely eliminated and workers continue to be abused.
Reuters | June 16, 2006
Reuters: June 16, 2006
Daily Star | May 12, 2006
Editorial: "Turning A Blind Eye to Abuse"
Kaleej Times Online (UAE) | May 7, 2006
"Jordan Moves to Verify US-Alleged Labor Violations"
May 5, 2006
"Bangladeshi Workers Repressed in Jordan, Government Unaware: International Rights Group Reports Rape of Women Workers"
Agence France-Presse | May 4, 2006
"Jordan Pledges Crackdown on Foreign Worker Abuse"
Globes Online | May 4, 2006
"China Main Beneficiary of US-Jordan-Israel QIZ - Report"
Women Wear Daily | May 4, 2006
House Democratic leaders are urging the Bush administration to investigate allegations of labor abuses in textile and apparel factories in Jordan that are used by many U.S. companies.
May 3, 2006
Mental Mayhem: Blogging from Jordan (05/03/06)
Associated Press | May 3, 2006
Jordan acknowledged Wednesday that foreign workers were abused in the country's export textile sweatshops, responding to a report by the National Labor Committee that detailed the violations.
New York Times | May 3, 2006
"An Ugly Side of Free Trade, Sweatshops in Jordan" (05/03/06)
CNN | July 22, 2005
Transcript of news report on Alcoa violations in a factory in Mexico.
July 22, 2005
Bill Tucker reports on U.S. companies moving auto parts production from the U.S. to Mexico and then to even cheaper labor in Honduars
Department of Justice | June 23, 2005
Largest Ever Human Trafficking Case Prosecuted By The Justice Department
TIME | December 17, 2004
"Making Trouble for the Doubles," TIME Magazine
WENN Entertainment News Wire Service | December 10, 2004
Washington Square News | December 9, 2004
"Labor Groups to picket Olsens," Washington Square News
El Diario de Hoy | November 12, 2004
According to the "Diario de Hoy", the government of El Salvador is denying any political motivation for the murder of trade union leader Jose Gilberto Soto, saying many are trying to exploit the case to upset the approval of CAFTA.
New York Times | April 6, 2004
April 6, 2004 New York Times article on CAFTA and workers in Central America
Newsday | March 19, 2004
His campaign store sells a pullover from nation whose products he has banned from being sold in the U.S.
Reuters | February 9, 2004
The world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. turns a blind eye to abusive conditions at a factory in China that makes plastic toys for the company.
Financial Times | December 4, 2003
Garment workers at the Southeast Textiles maquila in Honduras face abuse from guards and low pay to produce clothing for Sean Combs' clothing line.
Honduras | November 18, 2003
Lydda Ely Gonzalez, an abused Honduran worker, stated last night that she confirms what is happening in the maquilas, she loves her country and that she is neither terrorist nor a liar.
New York Times | June 14, 2003
According to the New York Times, a recent shareholder's lawsuit against Disney for repayment of millions of dollars given to a departing director has broad implications for business practice and corporate director's liability.
Guardian | March 1, 2003
A brutal sweatshop beats and starves its workers while they make designer clothes for US retail giants Sear and JC Penney.
Chicago Tribune | October 5, 2002
The Chicago Tribune reports on the U.S. tour by the National Labor Committee with Bangladeshi workers as it organized a demonstration in front of a Disney Store in Chicago with students from Loyola University.
New York Times | September 27, 2002
The New York Times reports on the National Labor Committee's U.S. tour with Bangladeshi workers to protest the working conditions in the Shah Makhdum factory.
Washington Post | September 25, 2002
The Washington Post reports on the campaign by civic, labor and religious organizations, spearheaded by Charles Kernaghan of the NLC, to highlight the poor working conditions suffered by Bangladeshi workers in factories producing for Wal-Mart and Disney.
LA Times | September 23, 2002
The LA Times reports that anti-sweatshop activists, headed by Charles Kernaghan of NLC, are promoting a campaign to discredit companies such as The Walt Disney Co. that "cut and run" when confronted with evidence of labor abuses in Bangladesh.
New York Times | April 20, 2002
Wwidespread minimum-wage violations and harsh conditions at a factory owned by Daewoosa caused the company millions of dollars in damages.
Daily News | August 4, 2001
New York Times | June 5, 2001
New York Times | April 15, 2001
Honolulu Star-Bulletin | March 24, 2001
Kilsoo Lee has been charged with holding Vietnamese workers under conditions of "involuntary servitude and forced labor" at the Daewoosa factory in American Samoa.
New York Times | March 1, 2001
New York Times | February 6, 2001
Workers at a factory in American Samoa that made apparel for the J. C. Penney Company and other retailers were often beaten and were provided food so inadequate that some were "walking skeletons".
New York Times | December 22, 2000
New York Times | December 3, 2000
New York Times | September 16, 2000
Chicago Tribune | August 24, 2000
Chicago Tribune | August 23, 2000
National Enquirer | October 13, 1999
Oct. 13, 1999 - "Shocking Report From El Salvador," an article by Alan Butterfield and Jim Nelson for the National Enquirer, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Columbia Spectator | October 4, 1999
October 4, 1999 - "Group Protests Sweatshops at TV Show," an article by James Thompson for the Columbia Spectator, on Kathie Lee workshops.
Michigan Daily | October 1, 1999
Oct. 1, 1999 - "Group protests Gifford's apparel," an article by Michael Grass for the Michigan Daily, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Wall Street Journal | September 29, 1999
Sept. 29, 1999 - "Making Kathie Lee Cry," A Wall Street Journal "Review & Outlook."
Providence Journal | September 25, 1999
Sept. 25, 1999 - "Salvadoran laborers plead for help at AFL-CIO meeting" by Marion Davis for the Providence Journal, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Daily News | September 24, 1999
Sept. 24, 1999 - "Kathie Lee Fights Back" and "She helps sweatshop workers, she sez in TV tirade," articles by Helen Peterson and Paul Schwurtzman for the Daily News, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Daily Tar Heel | September 24, 1999
Sept. 24, 1999 - "Speaker Calls for Labor Action," an article by Beth O'Brien for the Daily Tar Heel, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
New York Post | September 24, 1999
Sept. 24, 1999 - "Kathie Lee 'sew' sick of personal attacks," by Ikimuusa Sockwell for the New York Post, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Newsday | September 24, 1999
Sept. 24, 1999 - "Kathie Lee Goes on the Defensive," an article by the Associate Press for Newsday, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Daily News | September 23, 1999
Sept. 23, 1999 - "Lay Off My Kathie," an article by Kenneth Bazinet for the Daily News, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
New York Post | September 23, 1999
Sept. 23, 1999 - "Coming apart at the seams," an article by Jennifer Tung for the New Tork Post, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Women's Wear Daily | September 23, 1999
Sept. 23, 1999 - "Kernaghan, Gifford Spar Over Kathie Lee," by Joanna Ramey for Women's Wear Daily, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Daily News | September 22, 1999
1999 - "Giff, sweat & tears," an article by Kenneth Bazinet for the Daily News, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
El Diario | September 22, 1999
Sept. 22, 1999 - "Amenazas de muerte," an article in Spanish by Marco Vinicio for El Diario, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
New York Post | September 22, 1999
Sept. 22, 1999 - "Sweatshop watchers rip Kathie Lee," by Ikimuusa Sockwell for the New York Post, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Newsday | September 22, 1999
Sept. 22, 1999 - "It's Dirty Work: Sweatshop owners use threats, ex-workers say," an article by James T. Madore for Newsday, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Noticias del Mundo | September 22, 1999
Sept. 22, 1999 - "Salvadorenas denuncian trato inhumano en talleres de Sudor," an article in Spanish by Pedro Familia for Noticias del Mundo, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Washington Post | September 22, 1999
1999 - "Saving His Damsel In This Dress," by Beth Berselli for the Washington Post, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Sept. 22, 1999 - "Turning Up the Heat on Kathie Lee Again" by Lloyd Grove for the Washington Post, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
New York Post | September 21, 1999
Sept. 21, 199p - "New sweatshop rap for Kathie Lee," an article by Richard Johnson for the New York Post, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Newsday | September 21, 1999
Sept. 21, 1999 - "Gifford Faces More Fallout," an article by James Madore for Newsday, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette | April 25, 1997
April 25, 1997 - "Anti-sweatshop crusader dresses down celebrities," an article by Cristina Rouvalis of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
McCall Magazine | January 1, 1997
January 1997 - In this issue of McCall's magazine, Kathie Lee writes about the sweatshop scandal.
Buffalo News | October 17, 1996
October 17, 1996 - "Young woman shows the bitter fruit of free trade," an opinion piece by Donn Esmonde of The Buffalo News on Kathie Lee sweatshops in Honduras.
Resource Center of the Americans | August 1, 1996
Jul/Aug 1996 - "Kathie Lee expose highlights garment industry abuses," from "Working Together," a labor report on the Amercias by the Resource Center of the Americans.
Dallas Morning News | July 21, 1996
July 21, 1996 - "Union highlights factory workers' plight in El Salvador," an article by Anne Cearley of the Dallas Morning News, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Women's Wear Daily | June 24, 1996
May 24, 1996 - "Reich Recruits Kathie Lee To Fight Sweatshops, an article from Women's Wear Daily on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Daily News | June 21, 1996
June 21, 1996 - "Why I picked on Kathie Lee & Co.," a Daily News column by Charles Kernaghan of the NLC on Kathie Lee sweatshops in Honduras.
Business Week | June 17, 1996
June 17, 1996 - "Prime Time for Sweatshops," an article by Susan Chandler and Wendy Zellner of Business Week, on Kathie Lee sweatshops in Honduras.
TIME Magazine | June 17, 1996
June 17, 1996 - "Two high-profile endorsers are props in a worldwide debate over sweatshops and the use of child labor," an article by Nancy Gibbs for TIME magazine, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Entertainment Weekly | June 14, 1996
June 14, 1996 - "No Sweat," an article by Jennifer Pendleton and Geoff Williams for Entertainment Weekly "News & Notes," on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Daily News | June 11, 1996
June 11, 1996 - "Perspiring firms in sweat over links to factories in Honduras, Pakistan," an article by William Goldschlag for the Daily News, on Kathie Lee sweatshops in Honduras.
Women's Wear Daily | June 6, 1996
June 6, 1996 - "Charles Kernaghan: The Troublemaker," an article by Joyce Barrett and Joanna Ramey for Women's Wear Daily, on Charles Kernaghan of the NLC.
Daily News | June 4, 1996
June 4, 1996 -"Expose sews up reforms," an article by Michael Finnegan of the Daily News on Kathie Lee sweatshops in Honduras.
NY Times | May 31, 1996
May 31, 1996 - "Live With Kathie Lee And Apparel Workers," an article by Steven Greenhouse for the New York Times on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Women's Wear Daily | May 31, 1996
May 31, 1996 - "Sweatshops Draw Flurry of Activity," an article by mark Tosh of Women's Wear Daily on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Daily News | May 30, 1996
May 30, 1996 - "Girl has tale for Kathie Lee," an article by William Goldschlag of the Daily News on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Press Release | May 28, 1996
May 28, 1996 "Rep. George Miller to hold press conference with 15 year old Honduran worker," a press release from the office of George Miller.
Daily News | May 24, 1996
May 24, 1996 - "The Giffords give cold, hard cash to sweatshop workers," an article by the Daily News on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Washington Post | May 24, 1996
May 24, 1996 - "Gifford Pays Blouse Makers," an article by Ann Gerhart and Annie Groer for the Washington Post on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
May 24, 1996 - "Honduran Girl Asks Gifford to Help End Maltreatment," an article by William Branigin for the Washington Post on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Women's Wear Daily | May 23, 1996
May 23, 1996 - "Kernaghan Cheers Gifford Move To Monitor Makers of Her Line," an article by Joanna Ramey for Women's Wear Daily, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Newsweek | May 13, 1996
May 13, 1996 - "A Dustup Over a Dressing-Down," an article by Tessa Nameth for Newsweek on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
TIME Magazine | May 13, 1996
May 13, 1996 - "If you could hear her now," a photo and caption from TIME Magazine on Kathie Lee.
Daily News | May 12, 1996
May 12, 1996 - "Kathie Lee's sew mad," an article by Corky Siemaszko of the Daily News on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Daily News | May 3, 1996
May 3, 1996 - "Kathie hemmin' & hawin' on flap," an article by Dave Eisenstadt and Corky Siemaszko of the Daily News, on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
Boston Globe | May 2, 1996
May 2, 1996 - "Kathie Lee's other Kids," an article by Diane White of the Boston Globe on Kathie Lee sweatshops in Honduras.
Daily News | May 1, 1996
May 1, 1996 - "Foes still hammer at Kathie," an article by Wendell Jamieson of the Daily News on Kathie Lee sweatshops.
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