Not only are they slave labor, they use indentured labor. Parents sell the kids to these companies.

Claim to care about the poor and oppressed while stylin in them air jordans and aeropostal? If you do make that claim, ya' jest might be a hypocrite.

Show the world ya really care. Check all your labels. If it don't say, Made in the USA, don't wear it.

This is just about textiles and clothing.

Computers, Ipads, phones, anything made overseas and south of the border.


Lists of Brands That Use Sweatshops
By Selam Nuri , eHow Contributor

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The International Labor Rights Forum notes that numerous companies with leading brands rely on sweatshop labor. A 2008 "New York Times" article by David Barboza disclosed how Chinese factories that employ workers to produce goods for Western nations were exploited. In addition to being paid minimal wages, the workers were exposed to dangerous machines and harmful chemicals. Leading brands that rely on sweatshops include Nike, Burberry and Walmart.


How Do You Verify Your Clothing Manufacturer Is Not a Sweatshop?

Facts About Nike Sweatshops

Clothing Manufacturers

American Apparel, Abercombe & Fitch, L.L. Bean, Gymboree, Hanes and Burberry are some of the top brand name companies that use sweatshop labor to manufacture their textiles and apparel. According to the International Labor Forum, these companies have failed to respond to fair labor standards or improve the working conditions of their employees. L.L. Bean, Gymborree, Hanes use forced child labor in their Uzbekistan cotton production plants. Employees working for these clothing manufacturers are denied any collective bargaining rights or unionization. The International Labor Forum indicates that this is an inconclusive list as there are numerous other brand-name clothing manufacturers that employ sweatshop laborers.

Sportswear Manufacturers

Sportswear manufacturers like Nike and Adidas rely on the labor of workers in Indonesia to produce their shoes. A report by Common Dreams, a non-partisan citizen's organization, indicates that Indonesian workers live in extreme poverty and face prosecution and physical assault by their employers. Nike is the world's largest sports shoe company, and owns 11 factories in Indonesia that produce 55 million shoes each year. A significant portion of the shoes is exported to the United States; only 1 pair in 50 is sold to Indonesian consumers.

Furniture and Discount Stores

The International Labor Rights Forum lists Ikea, Walmart and Kohl's as furniture and discount stores with a history of unfair labor practices and lacking in "corporate social responsibility." Four factory workers in Turkey who were employed by these companies lost their lives as a result of unsafe working conditions. As one of the world's largest retailers, Walmart has over 60,000 suppliers. Walmart has had a long history of "high-profile" labor rights violations in countries like Bangladesh, China, Indonesia and Swaziland. Walmart has failed in areas including fare wages, overtime pay, maternity leave, bathroom breaks, forced labor and the right to unionize.

Agro-Industrial Companies

Agro-industrial brands like Monsanto, Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland engage in unfair labor practices. According to the International Labor Rights Forum, these companies "sit atop a complex supply chain" that subjects workers to child labor, forced labor and debt bondage. Small-scale farmers in different parts of the world are required to purchase their seeds from these agro-industrial giants and sell back their products at "unsustainable" prices. Workers who work on farms that export products like pineapples, rubber, cotton, cocoa, tea and flowers supply major food processing brands like Kraft, Nestle and Dole. These companies own a significant portion of the world's food brands and violate worker's rights in areas including wages, work hours, freedom of association and exposure to harmful or toxic chemicals.



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I have been to IowA and farmers dont like monsanto or the other one but they have no choice but to buy the seed and put up with corn police...

I rode with a major farm co-ordinator 2 nights out all night planting this spring,, was out there with the tractors/ it is done all at once now...plowing, planting, fertilize... all done at once

let me tell you they take this stuff serious.. and they will work all day and night if they have to.

was there on business.. the coordinator had an ag and machine biz and was there to purchase a piece of equipment

The problem is way more complex than just buying American, to not understand there is a global economy and simply buying American is short sighted. I argued this when Japanese cars came on the forefront, to deny their economy and value was to misread the economic world positioniong and to deny it now is foolhardy, I would argue, what are Americans at the forefront of and is capitalism a viable course for the future when ecology is and should be a forfront of our future

Limited sight is closing eyes to slavery.

Buying from corporations who use slave labor only encourages more of it.

Don't just boycott. Boycott with a reason. Call, email, fax those corporations with disapproval. Bombard MSM with evidence. Protest in front of the GAP, stores that sell Nike, Walmart.

Read the tags.

Those corporations could do better by their labor.

Perhaps, if enough participated, we could find some fabrication return to the US.

Now you know. With knowledge comes responsibility.

Either act or kick back with a brew and watch the Monday night game.

http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/bolivia-lowers-age-employment-kids-can-work-left-wingers-cry-slavery/#.U9K8yoBdVIA

The Goal

The world is massively overpopulated. So much so, in fact, that to ignore the problem now would cause us to strip mine the planet bare in another 60 years.

Also, we know that many times that that baby was an "accident" or in one way or another, unwanted. Let C.S.L. Inc. help you, and help the environment.



How You Can Let Us Help

When you choose to sell your child to C.S.L. Inc., you've done a number of wonderful things. By reducing the number of people in the country while still contributing to that country's stock of goods, you've boosted the economy, helped to combat hunger, reduced the future unemployment rate, and earned yourself a brand new* Miata!




Still Think Selling Your Own Children is An Abomination?

Since we here at Child Slave Labor realize the difficulty in giving up your own flesh and blood, we've compiled a short list of reminders about you, your children, and the human race in history.

1. The most noble of peoples, kings and lords, used to consistently sell their offspring to bring their family greater wealth and honor.

2. 75% of all* children, once grown up, are vengeful and hateful towards their parents. Many refuse to call or even disclose their location to their parents. Is that type of painful rejection worth the risk?

3. Men, it's not your fault that condoms hinder sexual pleasure, nor is it your fault that she refused the abortion. Why should YOU have to give away 18 years of your life and 5/6 of every single one of your paychecks? Hint: Selling a child only requires the signature from one parent.

4. The interest you would earn on the money you would receive from selling your child at birth over a span of 18 years would leave you with upwards of $35,000. That is a fantastic investment!

If you still aren't convinced, take a look at a pamphlet written by our own child slave, Eugene from Australia: "Why to Sell Your Child".




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Simply head over to our contact page to request info on how to get started in selling your child for the benefit of humanity!


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