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Buying Made in China May Support Slave Labor

One of the consequences of President Clinton’s granting China Most Favored Nation status and allowing them to become a member of the World Trade Organization is that China took over production of consumer goods previously made in the USA. As a result, the consumer products you buy that are “Made in China” may be made by slave labor.

American Made, Education, Made in USA, Not Made in USA, Slave Labor, Sustainability

Buying Made in USA Has a Bigger Impact Than You Realize {Top 4}

Many Americans love the idea of buying products and technology made in America over imports. But buying American-made products may be more than a feel-good choice. A number of researchers and organizations are taking a closer look at the real…

Apparel, CLOTHING -MEN & WOMEN, Slave Labor, Sustainability

Do You Know Where Your Clothes Come From?

Have you ever considered where your clothes come from? No, not the brand name, but the workers who stitched together your outfit at a tremendously small wage. Fast fashion brands like H&M, Nordstrom, GAP, and Forever 21 depend on vastly…

H&M factories in Myanmar employed 14-year-old workers

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Underage Workers Employed by H&M Factories in Myanmar

Swedish fashion chain H&M worked with clothing factories in Myanmar where children as young as 14 toiled for more than 12 hours a day, according to a book being published in Sweden next week. “They employed anyone who wanted to work,”…

Consumer Products, Seafood, Slave Labor

Nestlé Admits Slavery While Fighting Child Labor Lawsuit

It’s hard to think of an issue that you would less like your company to be associated with than modern slavery. Yet last November Nestlé, the world’s largest foodmaker and one of the most recognisable household brands, went public with…

Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Slave Labor

Obama Signs Law Banning Imported Goods Produced by Forced Labor

President Obama signed into law Wednesday a provision banning the import of good made by child and forced labor. "It's not only right; it's the moral thing to do," said Representative Kind, D-Wisc., who introduced the bill to the house last…

Factories in American: 56K Lost During First Decade

Economy, Factory Closings, Jobs, Manufacturing, Middles Class, Outsourcing, Slave Labor

Factories in The USA: 56K Lost During First Decade

In the week before Valentine’s Day, United Technologies expressed its love for its devoted Indiana employees, workers whose labor had kept the corporation profitable, by informing 2,100 of them at two facilities that it was shipping their…

CLOTHING -MEN & WOMEN, Domestic Sourcing, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Slave Labor, Sourcing, Sustainability

6 Things You Didn’t Know About Fast Fashion

Fast Fashion - a term used to describe cheap and affordable clothes which are the result of catwalk designs moving into stores in the fastest possible way in order to respond to the latest trends. In the 1980s and 1990s, a new production…

Consumer Products, Food Products, Seafood, Slave Labor

Costco Faces Lawsuit Over Sale of Prawns Allegedly Farmed By Slave Labor

Costco Wholesale Corp. customer sued the retailer on allegations that it knowingly sold frozen prawns that were the product of slave labor. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, alleges…

Food Products, Seafood, Slave Labor

Slave Labor Producing Prawns for Supermarkets in USA

Slave labor forced to work for no pay for years at a time under threat of extreme violence are being used in Asia in the production of seafood sold by major US, British and other European retailers, the Guardian can reveal. A six-month…