Slave Nation: new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation

Posted on February 25, 2010 by admin | No Comments

Downloadable here, the latest documentation from the U.K.-based advocacy group should put to rest any government denials of children’s involvement in the 2009 harvest.  Incidentally, upon feeling (ever so slightly) more pressure from European governments and international organizations, Uzbekistan’s government has recently felt it necessary to step up just such denials (more on this [...]

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 [...]

Independent World Report calls out European brands: join the boycott!

Posted on October 4, 2009 by admin | No Comments

Editor Tasneem Khalil put together an amazing piece of work on the issue, asking why political entities (the EU) and the intergovernmental set (UNICEF) are lagging behind corporations in taking action on forced child labor in Uzbek cotton. They clearly need to do more–much more—to catch up with corporate actors who have taken the [...]