Gearing up for the International Day Against Child labor June 12

Posted on May 21, 2010 by admin | No Comments

The International Labor Rights Forum is planning a May 25 conference in Washington D.C. to discuss the state of the struggle. Representatives from the AFL/CIO, from Coca Cola, and from the State Department’s office of Child Labor and Trafficking will present.
Given that the ILO’s latest report on child labor shows that reductions observed [...]

LL Bean vows to exclude Uzbek cotton

Posted on December 9, 2009 by admin | 2 Comments

Of all the companies named by the International Labor Rights Forum on this year’s Sweatshop Hall of Shame for the use of Uzbek cotton, LL Bean was the fastest to respond, and vowed to (eventually) exclude it from their supply chain.  Let’s hope their follow through is as exhaustive as their initial response was rapid.
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LL Bean, Hanes, Gymboree: child exploiters

Posted on December 8, 2009 by admin | No Comments

The International Labor Rights Forum released its list of Sweatshop Hall of Shame inductees for 2009.  They include some of the best-known American retailers of children’s clothing…who refuse to stop profiting from the exploitation of children in Uzbekistan.  ILRF writes:

While over 25 companies have committed to boycotting the use of Uzbek
cotton until the government ends [...]