Sweatshops
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Book Review: Making Sweatshops"'Making Sweatshops' does for the textile industry what 'Fast Food Nation' did for the American diet - revealing the familiar in a totally new light." - Taipei Times
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American Corporation Sweatshops: The 5 Worst OffendersThe top five worst sweatshop offenders and the truth about American brand apparel. What you should know to start shopping with a conscience.
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The Troubles of SweatshopsThe troubles that sweatshops cause around the world.
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Origin of Sweatshops in America '" Time Line1820 - 1880 - The term sweatshop was originally used in the garment industry though any factory exhibiting the same conditions would be latter known as a sweatshop as well.
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Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act: Cleaning Up the SweatshopsDecent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act Legislation was passed in 2006, to ban the import or export of sweatshop products in America. The National Labor Committee with the help of the United Steelworkers of America introduced senate bill 3485.
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Women in Sweatshops Were at the Mercy of Their Employers Without Legal ProtectionIn today's society workers have rights and there is legislation to protect them. Back then, at the turn of the century, there were no rights. Women put up with these conditions or they quit.
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The Horrendous Conditions of Sweatshops in America Then and NowThe American unskilled laborer went from workhouse to sweatshop. Though the poor were no longer incarcerated in the prison-like workhouses and almshouses also known as the poorhouse, the conditions hardly improved at the turn of the century.
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The Horrendous Conditions of Sweatshops in America, Canada and Montreal Then and NowThe American unskilled laborer went from workhouse to sweatshop. Though the poor were no longer incarcerated in the prison-like workhouses and almshouses also known as the poorhouse, the conditions hardly improved at the turn of the century.
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Sweatshops Alive and Well in the United StatesOSHA inspects yearly to ensure employee safety in every work place in America but that is the only time some of these places are looked at.
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America's Sweatshops at the Turn of the Century, How They Changed History for the BetterImagine working in a place where the doors remain locked, fire escapes were in ill repair, and there were no sprinklers.
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Stand in Solidarity with Working People on April 4Elected republithugs are violating the law, flaunting court orders, and ignoring public will to drag us all back to the days of sweatshops and robber barons. Are you going to let them get away with it? Join us on Monday for a nationwide series of events. -
Health and Safety Standards in the WorkforceSweatshops are notorious for breaking health and safety standards. Many people believe that sweatshops exist in other countries such as China and India. Most people don't realize that sweatshops are still current in America, Canada, and Montreal.
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Where Do Go for Help for Health and Safety Issues in the WorkforceSweatshops are notorious for breaking health and safety standards. Many people believe that sweatshops exist in other countries such as China and India. Most people don't realize that sweatshops are still current in America, Canada, and Montrea
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Is "Soziale Marktwirtschaft" the Answer?Rather than forcing American workers to compete with cheap third world workers to line the pockets of American executives, Germans develop and export high-end products that can't easily be duplicated in Asian sweatshops.
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Book Review:The Real Toy StoryBut the worst is yet to come. Eric Clark also talks about places in China he calls 'Santa's Sweatshops.'
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Are You Charging Enough for Your Web Content?They call us the modern day slaves. They call our home offices "writing sweatshops". It's time to start demanding more money from our clients, and to stop the exploitation.
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Fair-Trade Clothing: Guilt-free Style for Baby BoomersEveryone's heard of Fair-trade Coffee. Now a compant called Fair Indigo searches out fashionable clothing made by small co-ops and humane manufacturers......
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911: a Worst-Case Sweatshop ScenarioCompanies who operated with sweatshops were not uncommon in 1911, and are probably more prominent today than we as American would like to believe. In that year, the Triangle Waist Company, then located in Washington Place in Manhattan, was one of those sweatshops.
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Sweatshops 'R' Us: Will I Lose My Job Over Cheap Clothes?If I am willing to support the exploitation of the poor in other countries while creating an unemployed underclass in this country, I must be willing to subject myself to the same criteria...
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The Handmade Pledge Controversy: What Can Really Be Considered Handmade?The Handmade Pledge has started a large debate as to what makes something considered handmade and is there any way to really completely stop supporting large organizations and sweatshops. -
American is Becoming a Third World NationThis outsourcing needs to stop before the entire American workforce is out of jobs and we become a third world nation. In the latest outsourcing scourge is mainstream media, yes an American newspaper is written in India.
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To What Extent Should Richer Nations Help the Poorer Ones?The discussion of the paradox of help and whether it is always beneficial!
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Critiquing Zeitgeist:AddendumZeitgeist: Addendum, in particular citing interviews with Jacque Fresco from the Venus Project.
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Effects of GlobalizationDeclining local markets, social and cultural conflicts, and environmental and human rights atrocities exist in part from the global machine of industrialization.
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How Shopping at Walmart Destroyed Your JobYou kept Walmart in business, and they put you out of yours. Read on to find out how.
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Barack Obama's Inaugural Speech -- An AnalysisIf the first inaugural address of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan had the soaring grandeur of a Beethoven symphony, Barack Obama's inaugural address had the smallness of something pinked out on a tinny piano in a honky tonk.
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Jacob Adler: "The Great Eagle" of the Yiddish Theater was One of America's Greatest ActorsA biography of Jacob Adler
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Thoughts on Life's Absurdity While Anticipating a RainstormAnticipating a coming rainstorm to wash away depression and give life meaning.
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Barack Obama's Inauguration Speech: Text VersionWant to remember Barack Obama's inauguration speech? Here's the text version. You can frame it and re-read it. -
Text of President Barack Obama's Inaugural AddressFrom the Associated Press, the text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address on Tuesday, as prepared for delivery.
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Buyers Beware: The Real Truth Behind California PsychicsThis article tells the truth about a known fraudulent psychic site. They do what they can to steal from customers and psychics if they don't get what they want from psychics they fire them.
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The Work of Nations - Economics PaperBook Report on Robert B. Reich's "The Work of Nations".
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Analysis: The Historical Background Behind Mike Huckabee's Racist Gunman Joke at the N.R.A. ConventionFormer Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee makes light of potential assassination of Barack Obama during a speech at the N.R.A. Convention -
Globalization and Blue JeansThis paper is about the rise of globalization and the decision by Levi Strauss to move production overseas.
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Trafficking HumansThe main overview of trafficking Humans for profit.
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Memphis Swift Raids Leave More Questions Than AnswersInformed speculation on what could be behind the federal raids at Swift Trnasportation facilities in the Memphis area. A look at illegal CDLs and the profit end of long-haul trucking in today's regulatory climate
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Psychology of the Internet PirateIt's one thing to shut down illegal file-sharing. It's quite another to engage in meaningful dialogue with the perpetrators. At times, it feels like running into a brick wall.
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Sample Entity Business PlanThis paper describes a plan to develop a luxury sports bar as a business entity to operate in the state of California.
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Independent Thought, Where Art Thou?"Oh! So you are a homemaker. Really nice!" The chat ends with a few puzzled looks and confused courtesies; for not many people know how to handle odd balls such as 'homemakers'. Closed minds and frozen ideas never did help anyone!
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The Perils of GlobalismOutlines negative consequences on human rights brought about through the globalization of the world's economies.
