Blog: December 2006

American Apparel goes public but what will this mean for workers?

December 21, 2006

Dov Charney built this business and has remained controversial with
his sexist antics as cataloged in multiple print articles over the
years. (You can find a small smattering of them on Musicians Against Sweatshops' website and knowmore.org.)
American Apparel gained worldwide notoriety (and sales) for their
sweatshop free claim yet for years many among the anti sweatshop
activist community have remained very critical of American Apparel's
self designation.

Attention Liberians: Beware of Foreign Investors!

December 20, 2006

What Keating doesn’t note is that child labor and violations of
internationally recognized labor rights are still rampant on the
Firestone rubber plantation.  Beyond just bad publicity, organizations
in Liberia, the US and around the world are pressuring Firestone to
take responsibility for human rights violations in their rubber
production and have formed the Stop Firestone coalition.

Ecuadorians eliminate businessman notorious for labor rights violations from the presidential seat

December 19, 2006

Fortunately for Ecuadorian workers, Noboa is not president-elect. The
winning candidate, Rafael Correa, is more left-leaning and hopes to
unite South American countries to gain more favorable trading
possibilities. He has also said that he will not sign the free trade
agreement with the United States - this is also good news for local
workers, who are offered no real protections for their labor rights
under this proposed FTA.

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