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Chinese Teens In Microsoft Supplier's Factory

Yahoo! News | Mark Hachman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: KYE Factory, Microsoft Labor Practices, Microsoft China Factory, National Labor Committee, Microsoft, Microsoft Factories, Microsoft Tech Factory, Microsoft China, KYE China, Chinese Teens, Teens Like, China's Youth Meet Microsoft, Microsoft China Supplier Child Labor, Technology News

Microsoft said Tuesday that it has agreed to investigate claims that a contract manufacturer of some of its peripheral products has been subjecting it...

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NFL Blocks Local Shirt Sales to Protect Reebok Sweatshops

Benjamin Chaneles | Posted 05.25.2011

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Benjamin Chaneles

Investigators found NFL-licensed, Reebok-branded goods for 13 pro football teams all being produced in a San Salvador factory where employees are paid only 10 1/2 cents for each $80 jersey they sew.

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China Trade Promises All Snake Oil -- Fair Trade Crucial

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fair Trade, Economy, Labor Law, Free Trade, China, Economic Policy Institute, Kai Da Toy Factory, U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, Minimum Wage, World Trade Organization, Susan C. Schwab, Olympic Games, United Steelworkers, India, Aqua Dots, Heparin, National Labor Committee, Sesame Street?S Kid K?Nex Ernie, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

We need fair trade. And so do Chinese workers and families, who are being abused by this so-called free trade system that benefits only CEOs and major shareholders of global corporations.

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Labor Group Condemns Sweatshop Crucifixes

AP | Verena Dobnik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sweatshop Labor, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Charles Kernaghan, Chinese Crucifixes, National Labor Committee, Sweatshop Crucifixes, Dongguan City, Crucifixes, Business News

With Christmas just weeks away, a labor group on Tuesday denounced "horrific" sweatshop conditions where crucifixes are made in China to be sold at re...

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