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| During my research into the idea that Wal*mart supoports child labor, I discovered that there are many popular brands of clothing that do, including almost anything that says "Made in Burma" Lets List the facts: | ||||||||||||
| G.E.S. reported allegations of child labor legislation violations in Maine where Wal-Mart paid a fine. www.politrix.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=803 |
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| James: Everyone listening to this program, and even us in the studios, unless we made all our own clothes, we are probably wearing something that was made in a sweatshop. The best example is shoes, especially Nike and new balance are prominent, the us sneaker industry is headquartered in Thailand, where girls as young as eight are forced to sew Nike sneakers and sneakers from other popular brands for as little as six cents and hour, working fourteen hour days to help feed their family lots of others goods that are very popular on this campus and in our area are made in sweatshops, popular brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, old navy and especially small chintzy objects that we buy in a store such as the Christmas Tree Shops. If its' inexpensive popular, and made in another country, there's a good chance that it was made in a sweatshop. are it was made in a sweatshop. http://www.oblivion.net/~fyi/transcript.html |
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