Mainstream economists wrongly dismissed the student-led antisweatshop movement of recent years, writes John Miller, a professor of economics at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. Although these ...

The Brown Bookstore's recent cancellation of its merchandising contract with Nike has returned to prominence the debate over low-wage labor in developing countries. The cancellation stemmed from ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Before Barack Obama and his team act on their talk about "labor standards," I'd like to offer them a tour of the vast garbage dump here in Phnom Penh. This is a Dante-like ...

Cornell’s vibrant labor activism presents a consistent narrative: Vast multinational corporations exploit the world’s poorest people, subjecting them to the modern equivalent of slavery, while, at the ...

A daughter of a garment worker stands during a protest against clothing manufacturer Liberty Apparel in July 2004, in New York City. In a bitter New York City Democratic Primary for City Comptroller ...

Who knew being a modern consumer could be so much work? Gone are the days of mere comparison shopping – today’s shopper is expected to have conducted research. Which companies use sweatshop labor?

A couple of months ago I went with a girlfriend to a shopping mall, finally giving in to her demands that I get a decent wardrobe. My torn jeans and baggy t-shirts embarrassed her when we went out ...

As local labor leaders and Scranton service clubs called for an investigation into working conditions at city sweatshops, the Times decided to send a reporter into the shops to experience firsthand ...