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NEWS ABOUT: sweatshop

sweatshop stories: 5 news summaries
OPINION

Developing World Needs
More Sweatshops: Kristof

Yes, they're ugly by US standards, but many nations' poor toil in much uglier conditions

Jan 15, 09 12:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Before Barack Obama follows through on tough talk about global “labor standards,” Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times wants to take him to a certain garbage heap in Cambodia. Here, where families live in shacks, scavenging in the hot sun, a sweatshop job is “a cherished... More »

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Asia • labor • Cambodia • poverty • developing world • sweatshop • President Obama

Made in Italy — in a Chinese Sweatshop

Italian luxury goods made by Chinese labor cost 90% less

Feb 20, 08 9:21 AM CST
(Newser) - For consumers of luxury goods, the "Made in Italy" designation remains so prestigious that it can add 300% to an item's price. But the days of artisans plying their trade in little workshops are largely over, the Los Angeles Times reports, replaced by thousands of Tuscan factories employing Chinese... More »

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fashion • Prada • globalization • Italy • minimum wage • Tuscany • luxury goods • manufacturing • sweatshop • Chinese workers • workplace safety

Sweatshop Crucifixes Stir Up Unholy Mess for Church

Religious gifts made in appalling conditions

Nov 21, 07 2:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Revelations that crucifixes in their gift shops are made in a Chinese sweatshop has shocked officials at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral and Trinity Episcopal Church, who removed the crosses from stores, reports Newsday. Young workers at the crucifix factory reportedly work 15-hour days in poor conditions for only 26... More »

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Catholic Church • labor movement • st patrick's cathedral • sweatshop

Child 'Slave' Laborers Fall Into the Gap

Kids seen making
Gap garments in New Delhi sweatshop

Oct 28, 07 5:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ten-year-olds were found stitching Gap apparel in a filthy New Delhi sweatshop, some without pay, in an investigation by the Guardian. The kids interviewed by the paper reported long hours of unpaid work, threats and beatings. Serial numbers on the beaded blouses they were working on were ID'd by the... More »

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United Nations • San Francisco • India • Europe • United States • children • Christmas • The Gap • New Delhi • Gap Kids • retail stores • sweatshop

Report: Top Retailers Pay Poverty Wages

H&M, Gap, others mislead public about plight of garment workers in Bangladesh

Sep 14, 07 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the eve of London fashion week, a new report blasts clothing retailers for turning a blind eye to the poverty-level wages of their workers. Marks&Spencer, H&M, the Gap, and others are singled out for paying garments workers in Bangladesh such low wages that the workers must rely... More »

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fashion • minimum wage • poverty • H and M • The Gap • sweatshop

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