Child Labor and Sweatshops | Workplace Codes Could Prevent Sweatshop Abuses
Michael Posner is the executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. Lynda Clarizio is a founding member of the Washington Advisory Council for the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.
Summary: Initiated by Bill Clinton, the Apparel Industry Partnership is a coalition of apparel companies, human rights organizations, advocacy groups, and unions that is working to end the use of sweatshop labor. This coalition has created a Workplace Code of Conduct that requires participating companies and manufacturers to provide humane working conditions. The...
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