On April 29, 1996, Charles Kernaghan of the National Labor Committee testified before House Democrats on Labor Committee that he had discovered sweatshop labor on Kathie Lee Gifford branded clothing.
The 1990s was the worst decade ever for the American left. In the post-socialist world, the domination of capitalism over our lives seemed unshakeable. Bill Clinton led the Democratic Party.
On November 13, 1970, Jeon Tae-Il, a Korean sweatshop worker, burned himself to death in protest over the sweatshop conditions of he and his fellow workers. This is the foundational.
On August 2, 1995, California agents raided an apartment complex in El Monte, California, freeing 72 Thai immigrants forced to work in an illegal sweatshop. This case demonstrated the labor.
I have written over and over and over again about the need to be aware of who is making your clothing and being an active participant in their fight for.
Five years after Rana Plaza, basically nothing has changed for south and southeast Asian sweatshop workers. American consumers effectively don't care. The left doesn't actually take trade policy seriously except.
Happy Labor Day! This expose of Los Angeles sweatshops routinely stealing workers' wages and refusing to pay the minimum wage should outrage you and it should also make you understand.
Trump's selection as deputy Secretary of Labor is Patrick Pizella, whose previous career included working with Jack Abramoff to turn the Northern Mariana Islands into what corporations would like to.
