August 9, 2010
AFL-CIO and TUC in U.K. stand in solidarity with Bangladeshi garment workers in their struggle to earn higher minimum wage.
July 28, 2010
Garment workers in Bangladesh produce clothing for Wal-Mart in exchange for wages that keep them in poverty; let Wal-Mart know that these workers deserve their modest demand of a 35-cent-an-hour minimum wage, not one cent less!
June 30, 2010
June 17, 2010
Support Workers Striking Honda in China. Workers strike to win $1.34 an hour wage -and respect.
eWeek.com | August 30, 2010
Microsoft's investigation into conditions at the KYE factory in China turned up violations that the company says it addressed, but the NLC finds Microsoft's statements too vague.
International Association of Fire Fighters | August 26, 2010
Tribune Magazine | August 17, 2010
British and American unions are backing Bangladeshi garment workers in their fight for justice, writes Tony Burke.
International Trade Union Confederation | August 9, 2010
The ITUC is calling on the Government of Bangladesh to support decent wages and living standards for the country’s workers, particularly in the garments sector, and cease harassment of trade unionists and other worker-rights advocates.
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Tell Wal-Mart and the other major apparel companies that we want them to support the 43-cent-an-hour minimum wage.
Bring a National Labor Committee Speaker to Your University or Union Conference!
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The Jabil Circuit factory in Guangzhou, China has over 6,000 workers-many of them illegal temporary workers.These workers produce for hi-tech products-all of whom are board members of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC).
Guatemalan factory, Alianza Fashion, robs workers' health care and pension payments while undermining government's social security institute.
Nygard, Dillard's, J.C. Penney, Wal-Mart Linked to Human Trafficking and Abuse of Young Women in Jordan Sweatshop
Chinese teenagers toil excessive hours for poverty wages as they manufacture the Microsoft peripherals we use.
The Race to the Bottom in the Auto Industry
