Recently, I wrote about the atrocious conditions at facilities in Jordan that churn out product for Victoria’s Secret. On Friday, I got an alert from my friends at the National Labor Committee about a strike that has broken out among workers who work in factories turning out goods for Wal-Mart, Gloria Vanderbilt and GAP […]
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Victoria Secret, Slave Labor And So-Called “Free Trade”
Posted on 28 November 2007.
When you slip on your Victoria Secret garb, remember this: it comes to you partly due to the wonders of so-called "free trade." And, in particular, that little Victoria Secret garment (I guess "little" is redundant in this context) may even hail from Jordan–which was supposed to be the poster child for how one […]
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Misery in China
Posted on 27 October 2007.
My friends at the National Labor Committee are up to their usual good work. Yesterday, Charlie Kernaghan testified at a Senate hearing on the abuses facing workers in China–in particular, those workers who churn out the toys that most American kids find under their X-mas trees: Mattel’s Barbie toys, along with Thomas & Friends […]
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