Entries from Chicagoist tagged with 'sweatshops'
July 1, 2008
An anti-sweatshop organization says the State of Illinois "does business with companies that are linked to sweatshops." That's in violation of an executive order. The full report from SweatFree Communities outlines the ways tax dollars "increase the downward pressure on labor rights, wages, and working conditions." Illinois buys uniforms and apparel from Fechheimer, Dickies and Blauer, companies SweatFree says violate their workers' rights. SweatFree says workers at Fechheimer's factory in Honduras are forced to work......
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