If you recall, in June Apple was under fire about allegations that their manufacturing facilities in China are working under sweatshop-like conditions. They launched a full-blown investigation into ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CN) – Seven former employees of a Tennessee sewing factory claim in court that the owner called in an immigration raid instead of handing over unpaid wages, and told them they would ...

As Westerners demand cheaper goods, the use of so-called “sweatshops” abroad has rocketed. But the goods are cheaper because “ [t]he global proliferation of sweatshops has driven the income and ...

Colleges that have vowed to stamp out sweatshops producing their licensed apparel are helping to train factory monitors. Working through the Fair Labor Association, the institutions have ponied up ...

Despite some laudatory local and state efforts, taxpayer dollars are still being used to purchase clothes made in sweatshops. Factory workers sew garments at a factory in Caracol, Haiti.

For eight Virginia Tech students, a typical semester abroad has become something much bigger than they ever expected. They discovered Alta Gracia, a clothing factory that is revolutionary because it ...

The difference between heaven and earth : introducing Alta Gracia -- From factory favorite to fighter : human cost of the "Race to the Bottom" -- Risky proposition, unlikely alliance : founding a new ...

On April 24, 2013, Rana Plaza collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,132 people and injuring over 2,500. We must address the continuing sweatshop conditions of clothing factory workers who still ...