| |
2006
|
8/12 |
The Guardian (UK): Young
shoppers scorn ethical wear |
8/7 |
ICFTU Online: Spotlight
on Ignace Bla (Dignité-Côte d'Ivoire) |
8/3 |
Women's Wear Daily: Shifting
Apparel Landscape |
7/12 |
New York Times: A
Dangerous Job in Colombia |
7/9 |
United News of Bangladesh: Minimum
wage for RMG workers likely by August: Anisul Haq |
7/3 |
Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus,Georgia): Not
made in the U.S.A. |
Jul |
Harper's: Breaking
the Chain - The antitrust case against Wal-Mart |
6/29 |
Agence France-Presse: University
of Cologne Boycotts Coca-Cola |
6/28 |
Fortune Magazine: Corporate
America's hidden risks |
6/27 |
PR Newswire: Wal-Mart
Convenes Group of Experts to Discuss Sustainable Business Solutions
for the Textile Supply Chain |
Jun |
Co-Op America: Firestone
Under Fire |
6/25 |
The Hindu (India): Where
children cook food, run houses and yet go to school |
6/19 |
BusinessWeek: Stalking
High-Tech Sweatshops |
6/19 |
Diario El Comercio: La
agresión a los trabajadores crece |
6/19 |
Agence France Presse: Bangladesh
garment workers to stage fresh protests for wage hikes |
6/18 |
Miami Herald: CAFTA
threatens small farmers |
6/17 |
LA Times: Haiti
Seeks US Tariff Relief for Garment Industry |
6/17 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Editorial:
All-star effort / The Pirates should speak up about sweatshops |
6/16 |
Women's Wear Daily: Jeans
Take the Global Production Path |
6/16 |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Pro-union
study blasts Colombia |
6/14 |
Financial Times: Bottled
up: why Coke stands accused of being too cosy with the Karimovs |
6/14 |
LA Times: Black
Residue Settles Over Santa Marta |
6/13 |
Bangkok Post: Shrimpers
in Rough Waters |
6/12 |
International Herald Tribune (France):
Next Chinese export:
Inflation |
6/12 |
Financial Times: Retailers
see all their activities through green filter ETHICAL CONSUMERS |
6/12 |
Associated Press Worldstream: Pakistani
children go from making to playing with soccer balls |
6/12 |
Washington Post: For
Wal-Mart, Fair Trade May Be More Than a Hill of Beans |
6/12 |
BBC News: Congo's
child miner shame |
6/12 |
New York Times: Sweatshops
in Africa? Consider the Case of Jordan |
6/8 |
LA Times: Democrats
Mark DeLay's Exit by Targeting Island Manufacturers |
6/8 |
The Oregonian: In
relief of Mr. Kristof, The Rocket |
6/7 |
Washington Post: Democrats
Renew Push for Mariana Labor Bill |
6/6 |
New York Times: In
Praise of the Maligned Sweatshop |
6/4 |
New York Times Magazine: Mass
Natural |
6/2 |
UNI Global Union: Wal-Mart
blocking union in Ghana |
6/2 |
ILRF Press Release: ILRF
& USW Bring New Complaint Against Coca-Cola |
6/1 |
All Headline News: Cancer-Causing
Children's Clothes Found In Wal-Marts In China |
6/1 |
El Comercio: Por
cada dólar que el trabajo infantil genera, el país pierde
6’ |
May |
Social Observatory Institute (Brazil):
Is this in fashion?
C&A sells clothes produced in clandestine sweatshops that exploit
illegal immigrants |
5/31 |
MarketWatch: 'Where's
my pay package?' |
5/30 |
El Comercio: Más
de 8 millones de niños trabajan en Latinoamérica |
5/30 |
Financial Times: Globalisation
must be saved from the radical global utopians |
5/27 |
El Comercio: 14
formas de trabajo infantil se consideran de alto riesgo |
5/24 |
BBC News: Firestone
in Liberia rubber row |
5/24 |
Reuters: Oxfam
blows whistle on sports manufacturers |
5/24 |
Boston Globe: Beating
odds, a uniter rose from Chicago's tough side |
5/19 |
Miami Herald: Mining
boss accused of paying for killings |
5/10 |
ILRF: Mother’s
Day Brings Extra Strain for Colombian and Ecuadorian Women Workers |
5/9 |
Reuters: Liberia
hands Firestone ultimatum on plantation |
5/9 |
Political Affairs: The
"Coke Side of Life" Could Get You Killed |
5/4 |
Inquirer (Philippines): RP
now 2nd most dangerous country for labor unions |
5/3 |
New York Times: An
Ugly Side of Free Trade: Sweatshops in Jordan |
5/3 |
Women's Wear Daily: Fair
Trade Fashion Takes Off in Europe |
4/30 |
The Observer (England): SPECIAL
REPORT: The price of sparkle is child slavery |
4/27 |
International Labor Rights Fund Position
Statement: Ethical
Consumerism and the Designated Supplier Program |
4/26 |
El Mercurio: Más
demandas contra Texaco |
4/26 |
Diario El Comercio (Ecuador): Nueve
ecuatorianos demandan a Texaco |
4/26 |
University of Michigan Coke Campaign Press
Release: University
Restores Contracts Behind Students’ Backs |
4/25 |
Ecuador Inmediato: Nueva
demanda contra Chevrón fue presentada en Estados Unidos |
4/24 |
Forbes: Slave
Chocolate? |
4/24 |
Forbes: Your
Image in Court |
4/21 |
The Analyst (Monrovia): Exploitation
in Liberia |
4/20 |
CorpWatch: Target:
Wal-Mart Lite |
4/20 |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Coke
CEO extols mostly positive numbers |
4/20 |
Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras
Press Release: Lajat
Struggle Resolved in Unprecented Negotiations |
4/19 |
The Patriot-News: Cocoa
suppliers won't be named |
4/18 |
International Labor Rights Fund: Statement
for Hershey Shareholders Meeting |
4/14 |
Chronicle of Higher Education: Soft
Drinks, Hard Feelings |
4/13 |
Washington Post: Cart
Blanche? The Megamarket's Savings Don't Come Cheap |
4/11 |
Citizen-Times.com: Wal-Mart
brings with it a hidden price that we are all paying |
4/7 |
Reuters: INTERVIEW-Cocoa
users must help fight child labour -Ivory Coast |
4/5 |
Boston Globe: Selling
out or buying in? |
4/3 |
United Students Against Sweatshops: Letter
to Coke concerning PT United Can Company in Indonesia |
4/2 |
The Patriot News: 'Transparency'
sought about cocoa suppliers |
Apr |
AFL-CIO: Unchecked:
How Wal-Mart Uses Its Might to Block Port Security |
3/30 |
New York Times: Wal-Mart
Begins Quest for Generals in P.R. War |
3/29 |
Associated
Press: Wal-Mart steps
up surprise inspections of foreign factories |
3/29 |
SweatFree Communities Press Release: Legislature
Passes Anti-Sweatshop Bill |
3/27 |
USA
Today: How Barbie
is Making Business a Little Better |
Mar |
War On Want: Coca-Cola:
Sucking Communities Dry |
3/25 |
Guardian: Wal-mart
leads charge in race to grab a slice of China |
3/24 |
Associated Press: Wal-Mart's
move to organics could shake up retail world |
3/24 |
The Spokane-Review: Attention
Wal-Mart shoppers: Remove those pesky conscience stains |
3/24 |
Associated Press: Argentines
Remember Victims of Dirty War |
3/23 |
International Labor Organization Online:
Is the “Barbie
Doll factor” good or bad for international labour markets? |
3/20 |
Reuters: Letter
from India: The Wal-Mart debate |
3/19 |
New York Times: Fair
Prices for Farmers: Simple Idea, Complex Reality |
3/16 |
USA Today: Wal-Mart's
hired advocate takes flak |
3/15 |
Associated Press: Wal-Mart
Ups Central American Investment |
3/14 |
South China Morning Post: Kingmaker
to close plants after losing Timberland deal |
3/13 |
Wall Street Journal: Soda
Rebellion |
3/13 |
The Jakarta Post: Abuses
by int'l firms in RI to be raised with UN |
Mar |
Vital New Zealand: Cocoa
Crimes |
3/11 |
Workers World: Firestone
blocks U.S. union aid to Liberia strike By G. Dunkel |
3/10 |
HortiNews.com: The
State of the Colombian Flower Industry over 2005 |
3/9 |
National Journal's CongressDailyAM: Democrats,
Labor Sound Warnings On Peru Free-Trade Deal |
3/9 |
ABC News: Exxon
to Appeal Aceh Torture Case Ruling |
3/8 |
Bloomberg: Colombia,
U.S. Trade Partner, Violates Labor Rights, Study Says |
3/8 |
Associated Press: Exxon:
Torture suit sets bad precedent |
3/8 |
Agence
France-Presse: Exxon
appeals against US court order over Aceh abuses |
3/7 |
The
Black Commentator: Andrew
Young: Shameless Son |
3/5 |
ILRF
Press Statement: Another
"Classic Coke" Move |
3/4 |
Bloomberg
News: Coca-Cola asks
UN panel to review Colombia labor practices |
3/3 |
Bloomberg
News: Exxon to face suit
by villagers over abuse claims |
3/3 |
San
Diego City Beat: Factory
fires spark burning questions about the perils of apparel |
3/3 |
The
Hindu: Cross Stitches |
3/2 |
National
Public Radio: Andrew Young,
In Defense of Wal-Mart |
3/2 |
New
York Times: Central American
Trade Deal Is Being Delayed by Partners |
3/1 |
IndUS
Business Journal: India’s
lost children |
3/1 |
The Nation: CAFTA's
Corpse Revived |
3/1 |
Der Tagesspiegel: Anschwellender
Boykottgesang (A Rising Call for a Boycott) |
2/28 |
SweatFree
Communities News Release:
Maine Governor Launches National Anti-Sweatshop Initiative |
2/28 |
AllAfrica:
Liberia; Thanks U.S.,
But... |
2/26 |
Knight-Ridder:
A look inside the Wal-Mart
business model |
2/24 |
The
Tennessean: Firestone
workers say fundraiser was quelled |
2/23 |
SweatFree
Communities News Release: Schools,
Cities, States Unite to Fight for Historic Sweatshop Reforms |
2/22 |
Washington Post: World
Bank Goes Into the Global Crafts Business |
2/22 |
Palm
Beach Post: Toss
a tomato at fair-trade label |
2/16 |
Associated Press: U.S.
rules delaying CAFTA |
2/15 |
Phoenix Weekly: Mainland
Toy Companies Facing the ICTI Delemma |
2/15 |
Reuters: Production
Resumes at Firestone Liberia Rubber Plant |
2/14 |
Miami Herald: Colombian
union chief confronts Dole Flowers |
2/14 |
Cactus Press Release: Dia
de las Trabajadoras y Trabajores de Flores 2006 |
Jan/Feb |
Utne Reader: Hot
Cocoa |
2/13 |
Chicago Tribune: Coca-Cola
feels heat on killing |
2/13 |
UCLA Daily Bruin: Pesticides
kill the romance |
2/13 |
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Wake
Up and Smell the Global Trade Policies |
2/13 |
Reuters: Ivory
Coast says its cocoa not tainted by slavery |
2/13 |
Time Magazine: Guilt-Free
Valentines? |
2/12 |
Reuters: The
Globalized Valentine Flowers |
2/10 |
Toronto Star: Sweatshop
policy gains clout |
2/10 |
The Arkansas Traveler: A
Thorn in Valentine's Side |
2/9 |
FoodProductionDaily.com: Teamsters
join protest against Coca-Cola over workers rights |
2/9 |
LA Times:
Flower Farmers Going Organic |
2/8 |
New
York Times: Chocolate that
Flashes its Passport |
2/8 |
Maine Public Broadcasting Network: Proposal
Would Beef Up Maine's Anti-Sweatshop Law |
2/8 |
San Franciso Chronicle: A
Rose is a Rose... Or is It? |
2/6 |
Bangor Daily News:
Ending sweatshop labor |
2/6 |
Marketplace: Ethically-produced
chocolate |
2/6 |
Yale Daily News: Workers
discuss Wal-Mart |
2/6 |
Marketplace: Bitter
secret of a sweet business |
2/6 |
The Republican: Workers
stage Wal-Mart rally |
2/6 |
ILRF Media Advisory:
New Evidence
of Child Slavery in Production of Valentine's Day Chocolates |
2/3 |
EcoTalk: Organic
Flowers and Chocolates |
2/2 |
The Pitch: Always
Low, Always |
Feb. |
Contexts: Consumers
with a Conscience: Will they pay more? |
1/27 |
Diario El Comercio: Otro
'boom' de las flores |
1/25 |
Knight Ridder: Wal-Mexico:
Wal-Mart's biggest success |
1/25 |
El Tiempo: Los
niños trabajan en las bananeras, pese a un plan |
1/25 |
Financial Times: Bono
signs big names to fight Aids |
1/23 |
Salon.com: Global
fishiness |
1/23 |
Business Week Online: Inside
Coke's Labor Struggles |
1/23 |
Business Week Online: How
NYU Chose Colombia over Coke |
1/19 |
Daily Texan: Beneath
the Golden Arches |
1/13 |
Reuters: Mexico
activist freed in surprise rights victory |
1/11 |
Common Dreams: Bush
Administration Using Implementation of CAFTA Agreement to Further
Expand Corporate Rights in Central America |
1/10 |
Wall Street Journal: Digging
Deep |
1/10 |
The Financial Express: Bt
cotton seed firms at the receiving end |
Jan |
PBS Frontline/World: Colombia:
The Coca-Cola Controversy |
1/9 |
New York Times: Recklessness
in Indonesia |
1/6 |
Financial Express: Coke
struggles to defend positive reputation |
1/6 |
Brand Republic: Coca-Cola
worried as student boycott over labour rights in Colombia widens |
1/5 |
Business Standard: Proagro
penalises 11 cottonseed growers for employing child labour |
1/5 |
El Tiempo: Diez
universidades de E.U. y Europa vetaron el consumo de Coca-Cola por
presuntos nexos con 'paras' or English
version |
1/5 |
Diario La Tribuna: Work
stoppage at Urraco banana plantations |
1/4 |
Manufacturing News: Wal-Mart
Lawyers Outsmart Labor Department Regulators |
2005
|
12/30 |
Atlanta Journal Consititution: U.
of Michigan kicks Coke out |
12/30 |
SocialFunds.com: Lawsuit
Alleges Slavery and Child Labor on Liberian Firestone Plantation |
12/30 |
Business Standard: Proagro
to provide lower interest credits to farmers |
12/23 |
newindpress.com: Bonded
for life |
12/21 |
Sarbanes-Oxley: Make-TIAA-CREF
Ethical Coalition Makes It Voice Heard |
12/20 |
Epoch: Holiday
Gifts from Chinese Sweatshops |
12/19 |
Time Magazine: Getting
Smart at Being Good - Are Companies Better Off for It? |
12/19 |
Colombia Journal: From
Coca-Cola to Cocaine: ‘Tis the Season for Hypocrisy in Colombia |
12/15 |
Bloomberg News: Wal-Mart's
Chinese Plants Exploit Workers, Groups Say |
12/15 |
Inter Press Service: LIBERIA:
Rubber Workers Charge Slave-Like Conditions |
12/13 |
AlterNet: What
Wal-Mart Wants from the WTO |
12/12 |
Global Exchange: The
14 Worst Corporate Evildoers |
| 12/12 |
Triangle Business Journal: Union
takes case against North Carolina to ILO |
| 12/12 |
LA Times: Wal-Mart
Hopes WTO Will Help It Open a Door |
| 12/12 |
Brandweek.com: Big
Ban On Campus For Coke Products |
| 12/12 |
Boston Globe: Children
protest outside Wal-Mart |
| 12/11 |
El Diario: Un
luchador contra la indiferencia |
| 12/11 |
Reuters: Labor
conditions improving -- slowly -- in factories |
12/9 |
Powerlines: Low Prices: Widespread
Torture: Our new system of global production |
12/9 |
Atlanta Business Chronicle: New
York University expels Coke from its campus |
12/9 |
United
Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) Press Rlease:
Complaint filed
with UN Agency Accusing North Carolina of International Labor Law
Violations |
12/8 |
CorpWatch.org: LIBERIA:
Firestone Sued Over "Slave" Plantation |
12/8 |
ILRF Press Release: Forced
Child Labor in Uzbekistan is Subject of New Study |
12/8 |
Environmental Justice Foundation: The
True Cost of Cotton |
12/7 |
Deutsche Presse-Agentur: India's
weaving industry falls victim to globalization |
12/7 |
Wall Street Journal: Isdell
Could Lose Coke’s Cola Crown |
12/6 |
Associated Press: Cocoa
Industry Is Booming in Ivory Coast |
12/6 |
Reuters: Workers
talk of hardship at Liberia's Firestone |
12/3 |
Business Standard: Who's
Afraid of Wal-Mart? |
12/2 |
CCNMatthews: Exposed! |
12/1 |
Portage Daily Graphic (Manitoba): Investigation
Says Wal-Mart Suppliers Use Child Labour |
12/1 |
BBC: Mali's
David v Goliath GM struggle |
11/29 |
Associated Press: Report:
Overseas factories still see overtime problems |
11/28 |
The Nation: Students
Confront Sweatshops |
11/27 |
Sentinel: California
Cut Flower Commission may sue Colombia government for illegal trade |
11/25 |
Financial Express:
Child labour rampant in AP cotton farms: report |
11/25 |
The Analyst Newspaper: 14,000
‘Slaves’ Seek Relief |
11/22 |
allafrica.com: Firestone
in Trouble Again in US Court for Practicing Slavery |
11/21 |
allafrica.com: Firestone
Mirred in Slave Labor Charges in Liberia |
11/21 |
United Students Against Sweatshops:
response to the lies that Coca-Cola has put out regarding the case
in Turkey! |
11/18 |
BBC: Coke
on the Rocks? |
11/18 |
The Age: Rights
group accuses Bridgestone |
11/18 |
Lansing State Journal: Protesters
target local Wal-Mart |
11/17 |
Daily Labor Report: Lawsuit
Charges Coca-Cola with Torture |
11/17 |
Business Standard: MNC
seed cos chalk out action plan for child labour |
11/16 |
Austin American Stateman: Labor
activists sue Coke over spat in Turkey |
11/16 |
Daily Iowan: Workers
share horror stories |
11/15 |
Seattle: Coca-Cola
sued over Turkish labor dispute |
11/12 |
CNN International:
Is Bridgestone/Firestone
Exploiting Liberian Workers? |
11/11 |
Inside US Trade: Levin
Sees Little USTR Willingness to Compromise on Labor in FTAs |
11/10 |
Brown Daily Herald: NYU
may soon wash its hands of Coca-Cola |
11/9 |
East Bay Express: Was
DiFi Batting for Big Oil? |
11/9 |
New York Times: A
Return to Quotas |
11/9 |
Business Standard:
Low cottonseed procurement price spawns child labour |
11/7 |
AlterNet: Wal-Mart's
'China Price' |
11/3 |
International Relations Center: San
Francisco Board of Supervisors is a Global Good Neighbor |
11/3 |
Atlanta J-C:
Georgia Blue Chips |
11/2 |
Financial Times: Social
audits 'are failing to detect factory abuses' |
11/2 |
Brand Strategy: SUPPLY
CHAINS: Working on a chain gang |
| 11/1 |
New York Times: Labor
Dept. Is Rebuked Over Pact With Wal-Mart |
11/1 |
Child Labor Coalition: ‘Applies
Only to Child Labor’ |
11/1 |
New York Times: A
New Weapon for Wal-Mart: A War Room |
| 11/1 |
New York Times: What
Is Organic? Powerful Players Want a Say |
Nov. |
Corporate Legal Times: Labor
Group Holds Wal-Mart To Code Of Conduct |
10/28 |
Daily Vanguard: Financing
Violence |
10/27 |
The New Republic: Wal-Mart
Still Doesn't Get It |
10/25 |
YaleGlobal: China,
India Superpower? Not so Fast! |
10/21 |
The Houston Chronicle: Villagers'
suit will be in a state court |
10/20 |
Associated Press: Update
1: Wal-Mart to Toughen Overseas Standards |
10/18 |
Canadian Press: Activists
take campaign against Coca-Cola to McMaster, campuses across Canada |
10/14 |
Irish Times: Guatemala
Letter |
10/10 |
Z Magazine: Santo
Domingo Massacre in Colombia: A Testimony |
10/10 |
Workforce Management: Have
outsourcer monitoring programs run their course? |
Fall |
Human Rights Brief: The
Unocal Settlement |
9/29 |
Chronicle of Highter Ed: Student
Group Steps Up Effort to Get Universities to Use Their Clout Against
Sweatshop Factories |
9/27 |
The Eyeopener: Students
urged to kick Coke habit |
9/26 |
Minuteman.org: Hiding
the truth about CAFTA |
9/22 |
Valley Advocate: The
Real Thing? |
9/17 |
Toronto Globe and Mail: Ex-Wal-Mart
workers win battle |
9/16 |
NY Times: Wal-Mart
Questions Motives Of Lawsuit by Labor Group |
9/14 |
LA Times: Wal-Mart
Faces Suit by Labor Group |
9/14 |
Financial Times: Wal-Mart
faces sweat-shop lawsuit |
9/14 |
NY Times: Suit
Says Wal-Mart Is Lax on Labor Abuses Overseas |
9/13 |
Miami Student: Alford
poor selection for 'Executive of Year' |
9/13 |
Reuters: Workers
Sue Wal-Mart Over Sweatshop Conditions |
9/13 |
Associated Press: SF
Pledges to Use Purchasing Power to Produce Sweatshop Reform |
9/13 |
Press Release: Sweatshop
Workers on Four Continents Sue Wal-Mart in California Court |
9/10 |
Letter from Luis Javier Correa Suarez: Regional
Leader of SINALTRAINAL Assassinated |
9/1 |
Industrial Safety and Hygiene News Online:
ISO’s
Social Responsibility guidelines: A small step forward — maybe
|
9/1 |
Guardian Unlimited: Branded |
Sept |
Ethical Corporation: Facing
the child labour challenge |
8/1 |
Campaign for Labor Rights update: Sintrasplendor
Union's Registry Approved! |
8/31 |
openDemocracy: Colombia’s
agony, Coca-Cola’s responsibility, Americans’ solidarity |
8/25 |
The Nation: Kenya:
Complaints by workers mar bloom in flower farms |
8/25 |
Financial Times: Food
Groups Face Child Labor Suit |
8/8 |
NPR Kojo Nnamdi Show Interview: Cocoa
and Child Slavery |
Jul |
Cactus Bulletin: Floricultura
y derechos laborales |
7/27 |
Knight Ridder: ADM
targeted in lawsuit alleging forced labor in cocoa farming |
7/27 |
Baltimore Sun: Cardin
to Vote Against CAFTA |
7/21 |
Chicago Tribune: Redefining
Fair Trade |
7/19 |
Glendale News Press: Labor
group sues Nestlé |
7/18 |
Datamonitor News Service: US
food companies sued over forced child labor |
7/18 |
The Lone Star Iconoclast: Fair
Trade Chocolate At ‘Charlie’ Screenings |
7/16 |
Reuters: U.S.
companies sued in Calif. over child labor claims |
July |
Word Magazine: Sweatshop
Labour in Hip-Hop Apparel |
7/15 |
Washington Post: Sorry,
Charlie: Johnny Depp's Not Much of a Treat In Tim Burton's 'Chocolate
Factory' |
7/14 |
ILRF Press Release: Human
Rights Watchdog and Civil Rights Firm Sue Nestle, ADM, Cargill, for
Using Forced Child Labor |
7/12 |
New York Times: Exxon
Mobil Becomes Focus of a Boycott |
July |
Mother Jones: Pirates
of the Corporation |
Summer |
Boston Review: American
Sweatshops: Organizing workers in the global economy |
7/1 |
The Frontrunner: Senate
Approves CAFTA |
7/1 |
New York Times: Report
Criticizes Labor Standards in Central America |
7/1 |
New York Times: Fired
Officer Is Suing Wal-Mart |
6/30 |
ILRF Press Release: Harkin-Engel
Protocol on Chocolate and Child Slavery Set to Expire on July 1 |
6/29 |
ABA: A Foreign
Fight (Occidental Petroleum) |
6/29 |
Associated Press : U.S.
Blocked Release of CAFTA Reports |
6/29 |
KESQ Channel 3: Administration
blocked release of reports on Central America trade agreement |
6/29 |
ILRF Media Advisory: New
Reports on Labor Conditions in Sugar Industry in Central America |
6/24 |
Miami Herald: CAFTA
provides summer suspense in Washington |
6/17 |
Dateline NBC: Human
cost behind bargain shopping |
6/12 |
Washington Post: CAFTA
in Peril on Capitol Hill |
6/9 |
Reuters: Senator
urges cocoa trade to act on child labor |
6/8 |
Acehkita.com: We
Condemn Human Rights Violation: ExxonMobil |
5/27 |
acehkita.com: Pemegang
Saham ExxonMobil Pertanyakan Pemberian Dana untuk Militer Indonesia
(in Bahasa Indonesia) |
5/26 |
SocialFunds.com: The
Ghost of a Shareholder Resolution Haunts ExxonMobil Annual Meeting
|
5/25 |
Press Release: ExxonMobil
Investors Shareholder resolution |
5/25 |
Statement
on Behalf of Antioch New England Graduate School Faculty Senate |
5/25 |
Statement
by Munawar Zainal, Secretary General, Acheh Center-USA |
5/25 |
Reuters: Shareholders
push Exxon for change |
5/19 |
Namibia:
Textile Sector Stumbles As Foreign Owners Pull Out |
5/18 |
Prensa Latina: Anti-CAFTA
Protesters Threaten General Strike in Costa Rica |
5/16 |
On
Point radio program on forced labor in the global economy |
5/15 |
O Globo: Kirchner
promete apoio a investigações |
| 5/6-5/14 |
Tico Times: CAFTA
Controversy Continues in Costa-Rica |
5/13 |
LA Times: China's
Use of Child Labor Emerges From the Shadows |
5/12 |
New York Times: Low-cost
and sweatshop-free |
5/10 |
Salem Evening News: Colombia
provides a case study for evils of corporate
globalization |
5/7 |
CAFTA'S
Vision for the future |
5/6 |
Inside US Trade: LEVIN
SAYS NGO REPORTS SHOW CAFTA LAWS FALL SHORT OF ILO STANDARDS |
5/4 |
USA Today: Growers
Say it With Organic Flowers |
5/4 |
Bush gets heat
on CAFTA issues |
5/3 |
CQ: Reports
Raise Concerns About Labor Standards in CAFTA Countries, Foe Says |
5/3 |
Levin
Cites Critical Reports On Central American Labor |
5/3 |
Rep. Levin
releases suppressed CAFTA reports |
Spring |
Chapman Law Review: Doe
V. Unocal: Holding Corporations Liable for Human Rights Abuses on
their Watch |
| 4/23 |
The Times: Nike
on the run after Coke's cave-in |
4/22 |
Inside US Trade: LEVIN
SEEKS RELEASE OF CRITICAL CAFTA LABOR REPORT WITH HOUSE RESOLUTION |
4/22 |
Financial Times: Why
ethical sourcing means show and tell |
4/21 |
The Daily Campus - News (UConn): Co-op
gets 'Union Made' |
4/20 |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Coke's
day a mix of profits, protests |
4/20 |
The News Journal (Delaware): Being
heard in Wilmington:Shareholders meetings bring city recognition,
revenue - and protesters. |
4/20 |
New York Times: Coke
Finds Its Bright Spots in Faraway Places |
4/16 |
Independent: The
ethical revolution sweeping through the world's sweatshops |
4/15 |
USAS Statement: Cal-Safety
is Not a Credible Monitor for Coke |
4/15 |
The Nation: Sweet
Victory: Maryland Stands Up To Wal-Mart |
4/13 |
Coke's Colombia
Controversy |
4/13 |
GlobeandMail.com: Nike
disclosure takes an extra step |
4/12 |
t r u t h o u t | Perspective: Central
America up in arms over CAFTA |
4/11 |
Associated Press: 4
Killed in Bangladesh Factory Collapse |
4/8 |
Wall Street Journal: A
Wal-Mart Legend's Trail of Deceit |
4/5 |
Lou Dobbs Tonight: CAFTA |
4/5 |
ILRF Press Release: On
Eve of CAFTA Debate |
4/4 |
USA Today: Cambodia's
sales pitch: Sweatshop-free products |
4/4 |
New York Times: Half-Century
Later, a New Look at Argentine-Nazi Ties |
4/3 |
El Nuevo Herald: Coca-Cola
en Colombia no solo mata la sed |
3/26 |
Noteworthy
Hispanics Working to End Exploitation |
| 3/24 |
The Nation: Coke:
The New Nike |
| 3/22 |
LA Times: Unocal
Settles Human Rights Lawsuit Over Alleged Abuses at Myanmar Pipeline |
| 3/17 |
Guilt-Free
Shopping |
| 3/15 |
Guatemala:
CAFTA protests result in 2 deaths and arrest warrants for trade unionists |
| 3/15 |
Chinese
worker's death triggers unrest and strike |
| 3/16 |
Reuters: Guatemalan
anti-free trade protester shot dead |
| 3/15 |
Lou Dobbs: Sweatfree
clothing |
| 3/9 |
Toledo: Take
Kids off Cocoa Farms |
| 2/14 |
Miami Herald: Buy
Roses With Workers' Rights in Mind |
2/14 |
LA Times: Taking
Child Slavery Out of Valentine's Day |
| 2/11 |
International
Trade Chocolate Manufacturers Group Intervenes In Suit on Côte d'Ivoire's
Forced Child Labor |
| 2/11 |
Valentine's
Day Sweatshops |
| 2/10 |
Boulder Weekly: Tainted
Love: The dirty truth behind America's traditional valentines |
| 2/10 |
ABC News: Lawmaker
Shuns Valentine Candy, Cites Slavery Fear |
| Jan |
Multinational Monitor: The
10 Worst Corporations of 2004 |
| 1/21 |
Asia Times Online: US
Ties and Challenges to Peace in Aceh |
| 1/21 |
The Independent: Indonesian
Army Ignores Ceasefire to Attack Rebels |
| Jan |
Foreign Policy in Focus: Phoenix
Rising? Policy report on Aceh, Indonesia |
| 1/21 |
SF Chronicle: Military-backed
militia sets up Aceh relief effort |
| Jan |
La Jornada: Coca-Cola
Faces a Repudiation Campaign (English translation)
Enfrenta
Coca-Cola campaņa de repudio |
| 1/17 |
NYT: Rebels
Express Thanks for Aid to Indonesians |
| 1/17 |
NYT Editorial: The
Need to Curb Indonesia's Army |
| 1/15 |
Transcript from To The Point: Indonesian
military in Aceh |
| 1/15 |
Australian Financial Review: Why
Jakarta Wants Foreigners Out |
| 1/12 |
Baltimore Sun: From
Crisis, Opportunity (Aceh, Indonesia) |
| 1/12 |
Znet: Aceh
Goes to Heaven! |
| 1/10 |
Sydney Morning Herald: Hope
from Aceh's Ruins |
| |
|
2004
|
| 12/15 |
Unocal
Plans to Settle Human Rights Suits Stemming from Pipeline Project
in Burma |
| 12/14 |
Financial Times: Unocal
Pays Out in Burma Abuse Case |
| 12/14 |
LA Times: Unocal
to Settle Rights Claims |
| 11/21 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: America's
Other War--Colombia |
| 11/18 |
NY Times: Assassination
is an Issue in Trade talks |
| 10/25 |
Leading
Human Rights Watchdog to Sue U.S. Customs Service for Not Enforcing
Laws Against Child Labor |
| 9/15 |
FT: Judge
allows human rights lawsuit against Unocal to proceed |
| 9/15 |
LA Times: Unocal
Must Face Abuse Suit |
| 9/14 |
NY Times: Judge
OK's Human Rights Suit Against Unocal |
9/9 |
Shanghai Star: Flower
Power |
| 9/5 |
Knight Ridder: Products
of Brazil's slavery find way to U.S. markets |
| 8/1 |
FT: The Questions
Over Aiding and Abetting |
| July/Aug |
Z Magazine: Killer
Coke |
| 7/27 |
Colombia Journal: Coca-Cola
in Colombia |
| 7/14 |
CorpWatch: Not
in their backyard |
| 6/30 |
Washington Post: Rights
Ruling a Compromise |
| 6/30 |
NY Times: Human
Rights Abuses Worldwide Are Held to Fall Under U.S. Courts |
| 6/29 |
Financial Times: Court
Limits the Use of US Law by Foreigners |
| 6/29 |
ILRF: Leading
Human Rights Lawyer Hails Supreme Court Decision Upholding Alien Tort
Claims |
| 6/25 |
Washington Times: Nepalese
Get Trapped in Indian Circuses |
| 6/10 |
Washington Post: El
Salvador Scarred by Child Labor |
| 6/06 |
El Caribe: RD
enfrenta denuncias por acoso sexual en la OIT |
| 5/26 |
El Tiempo: The
nation is sentenced to pay 2000 million pesos to the victims of the
attack on Santo Domingo |
| 5/11 |
Houston Chronicle: Labor
Supporters Wary of Trade Pact |
| 5/11 |
CNN: Chiquita
paid alleged terror groups |
| 5/10 |
BBC: World's
child workers speak out |
| 5/8 |
Chicago Sun Times: Flower
Workers Deserve Better (op-ed by Rep. Schakowsky) |
| 4/22 |
Washington Post: Human
Rights Charges Still Gnaw at Coca-Cola |
| 4/22 |
Coca-Cola
Co: Scuffles, catcalls spice meeting |
| 4/17 |
Financial Times: Colombian
union renews Coke suit |
| 4/6 |
Labor Rights Fund
Hails Progress in Alien Tort Claims Act Suit Against Occidental Petroleum |
| 4/1 |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Don't
deny world's abused the justice of U.S. courts |
| 3/31 |
Washington Post: Court
Hears Cases on Agents' Actions Abroad |
| 3/31 |
New York Times: Justices
Hear Case About Foreigners' Use of Federal Courts |
| 3/30 |
New York Times: Legal
Actions Over Foreign Misdeeds |
| 3/4 |
BBC: Olympic
race: Tales of workers' woes |
| 2/24 |
In These Times: Coke's
Killers |
| 2/19 |
NYT: Indonesia
Takes a Tortuous Path to Oil |
| 2/17 |
WSJ: Is
Your Grocery List Politically Correct? |
| 2/16 |
Colombia Week: Flower
Workers Day Makes Progress |
| 2/14 |
Jakarta Post: Of
the hearts and minds of the Acehnese |
| 2/14 |
ABC News: Poison
Posies? |
| 2/11 |
WSJ: Washington's
Tilt to Business Stirs a Backlash in Indonesia |
| 2/10 |
Mother Jones: Courting
Responsibility |
| 2/8 |
Washington Post: Chinese
Workers Pay for Wal-Mart's Low Prices |
| 2/2 |
City Council
Delegation to Colombia Reports on Human Rights Claims Against Coca-Cola |
| Jan |
Conflicto laboral
en DELSUR (El Salvador) |
| 1/24 |
The Economist: Capitalism
in the Raw |
| 1/22 |
AP: L.A.
judge to issue oral ruling on Unocal's liability in human rights case
|
| 1/28 |
Irish Times: Mercedes
in the Dock |
| 1/15 |
Sacramento Bee: Suit
accuses DaimlerChrysler in killings of Argentine workers |
| 1/15 |
BBC: Car
Giant "Abused Human Rights" |
| 1/15 |
Associated Press: Argentine
War Victims Sue Mercedes-Benz |
| 1/15 |
San Francisco Chronicle: Carmaker
sued by kin of Argentine workers |
| 1/3 |
New York Times: Brazil
Pays Parents to Help Poor Be Pupils, Not Wage Earners |
| |
|
2003
|
| 12/30 |
New York Times: Benin's
Youngest Boys Join Hard Cycle of Migrant Labor |
| 12/30 |
New York Times: China's
Workers Unite, but Bosses Run the Unions |
| 12/21 |
AP: Three Colombian Airmen
Charged in Bombing (Occidental Petroleum) |
| 12/11 |
New York Times: Labor
Rallies in Support of Bill to Back the Right to Join Unions |
| 12/10 |
U.S. Arrests Iraqi Union Leaders |
| 12/10 |
New York Times: Lawyer
Says Unocal Should Not Shift Blame |
| 12/10 |
LA Times: Unocal
Trial on Myanmar Pipeline Opens |
| 12/09 |
Wall Street Journal: Unocal
Myanmar Project Trial Opens in Los Angeles |
| 11/25 |
LA Times: Grocery
Unions Battle to Stop Invasion of the Giant Stores (Wal-Mart) |
| 11/25 |
New York Times: The
Wal-Martization of America |
| 11/24 |
Atlanta Business Chronicle: Students
Call for Coke Boycott |
| 11/24 |
Time: Slave
Labor? |
| 11/23 |
LA Times: An
Empire Built on Bargains Remakes the Working World (Wal-Mart) |
| Nov |
Dollars and Sense: Stop Killer
Coke! |
| 11/11 |
New York Daily News: Bottling
Coke and Spilling Blood |
| 11/04 |
Colombia: Trade unionists
face alarming resurgence in death threats and forced displacements |
| 10/31 |
Send Those Halloween
Chocolates Back to Mars |
| 10/6 |
Wall Street Journal: Colombian
Killings Land U.S. Company In American Court |
| 10/5 |
BBC: Legal Aid for China's
Workers |
| 9/14 |
Toronto Star: Corporations
Facing Abuse Suits |
| 9/14 |
Estudio
revela que trabajadoras de zonas francas son víctimas del acoso
sexual |
| 8/26 |
L.A. Times: Colombian Air Force
Chief Quits (Occidental Petroleum) |
| 8/21 |
Vicepresidente
denuncia nexos de empresarios con muertes de sindicalistas
Vice President denounces
links of business leaders with deaths of unionists |
| 8/20 |
El Tiempo: Vicepresidente
denuncia nexos de empresarios con asesinos de sindicalistas
Vice President denounces
links of business leaders with deaths of unionists |
| 8/13 |
Washington Post: Pipeline
to Justice |
| 8/08 |
New York Times editorial: An
Important Human Rights Tool |
