Child Labor: 11 year-old Halima sews clothing for Hanes National Labor Committee interview with Halima who works at a factory in Bangladesh making clothing for Hanes. (2006) For more information, visit www.nlcnet.org Child Labor: Teenager Sews Clothing for Hanes and Puma (8') Child Labor: 14-year-old Mahmoud Makes Hanes and Puma (10') http://www.internationalnews.fr/article-14078738.html
Internationalnews Poor people are given debts, and once they can't pay their children work as slaves, and than these child slaves are sold from one master to another, whoever pays more.That is how the silk trade is done in India. Ask yourself a question, do you want to be a part of by buying Silk from India? Photo: http://www.asianews.it
Indian 'slave' children found making low-cost clothes destined for Gap Ian McDougall in New DelhiSunday October 28, 2007Ihttp://cdurable.info/La-face-cachee-du-pret-a-porter.htmlThe Observer Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for Gap Kids, one of the most successful arms of the high street giant. Speaking to The Observer, the children described long hours of unwaged work, as […]
"The Price of Sugar" follows a charismatic Spanish priest, Father Christopher Hartley, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people, challenging powerful interests profiting from their work. When he arrives in the Dominican Republic, he's warned against entering the sugar plantations where most of his parishioners live. Breaking a centuries old taboo, he discovers shocking examples of modern-day slavery intrinsic to the global sugar trade. On an island known for tropical beauty, […]
Internationalnews The makers of two documentaries: The Corporation and Global Village or Global Pillage, accepted to show 10 minutes of great footage from their powerful films.
Internationalnews This film introduced tens of thousands of people to the harsh realities of the global economic system when it was released in 1995. It has received massive distribution among universities, high schools, religious organizations and unions. The film continues to be relevant in 2007 and will continue inspiring action against corporate misconduct and sweatshop abuses. Url of this article:http://www.internationalnews.fr/article-Zoned for Slavery: The Child Behind the Label […]
Today in the global economy, corporations hide their production around the world behind locked factory gates, armed guards and 15 foot high concrete walls topped with razor wire. What are they trying to hide? A delegation composed of university students heads down to El Salvador to find out who makes clothing for Nike and Wal-Mart. What they discover is young people just like them trying to survive on starvation wages and working in deplorable conditions. Photo: http://ethicalstyle.com/ Url […]
http://www.walmartmovie.com/ Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price is the documentary film sensation that's changing the largest company on earth. The film features the deeply personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to survive in a Wal-Mart world. It's an emotional journey that will challenge the way you think, feel... and shop. Released simultaneously in theaters and DVD in November 2005, the film has been seen by millions worldwide. Families, churches, […]
Le Monde Diplomatique (Archives) Les illustrations est les emphases sont des ajoûts d'IN Les femmes du Kerala contre Coca-Cola par Vandana SHIVA* *Directrice de la Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (RFSTE, Inde), auteure notamment de La Guerre de l’eau, L’Aventurine, Paris, 2003, et de La vie n’est pas une marchandise, L’Atelier, Paris, 2004. Expulsé en 1977 par le gouvernement, Coca-Cola a repris pied en Inde le 23 octobre 1993, au moment même où Pepsi-Cola s’y […]
Le Monde Diplomatique La multinationale du XXIe siècle Peu sourcilleuse sur les conditions de travail dans les entreprises auprès desquelles elle se fournit, Wal-Mart sous-traite une grande partie de ses produits en Afrique, en Amérique latine, et désormais en Chine, où les salaires sont encore plus bas. Par Jean-Christophe Servant Journaliste Jane Doe II, qui utilise ce pseudonyme pour « se protéger ainsi que sa famille de tous préjudices et représailles », travaille depuis septembre 2003 […]
Le Monde Diplomatique Archives, mars 2006 « La mondialisation favorise le Sud » par Serge HALIMI Madame Wang Haiyun coud à la machine près de six cents paires de bottes de cuir par jour, essentiellement destinées à être exportées vers les Etats-Unis. Chaque paire lui rapporte un peu moins d’un cent américain (0,80 centime d’euro). Un journaliste du Herald Tribune s’est rendu à l’usine de chaussures de Tianjin (1). Il précise qu’au début du XIXe siècle le salarié des filatures britanniques […]
Le Monde Diplomatique Juillet 2007, p.6 Par Annie Thébaud-Mony * La mondialisation financière se construit sur la mise en concurrence des travailleurs à l’échelle de la planète. Le chantage au maintien de l’emploi est constamment utilisé pour interdire tout débat public sur les choix de production et leurs conséquences sur la santé des salariés. Ainsi, derrière la controverse sur les organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM), se profile la destruction de toute forme d’agriculture affranchie […]
GNN By Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé October 24th, 2007 How market fundamentalism causes hunger Earlier this month, more than 150 countries celebrated World Food Day, whose theme this year is the right to food. The right to food may sound innocuous enough, but it’s a direct affront to the reigning market fundamentalism both guiding and obfuscating U.S. food, farming, and international aid policies. While we in the United States are still largely locked into this failing paradigm — the […]
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