Sweat Shops

Links for information regarding, labels, companies and the industry on a whole

• Industry Canada Canada's business and consumer site including company directories, consumer information and trade investment.
• CA Number Registration Want to know more about who made your Canadian clothes? Check this out.
• RN Number Registration Want to know more about who made your American clothes? Check this out.
• U.S. Trademark Search System
• Canada NewsWire Group is the nation’s number one resource for time-critical news and information from more than 10,000 sources coast to coast and around the world.

Links regarding child labor

• PANGAEA Very informative. Articles and Reports by US Dept. of Labor, UNICEF, popular magazines, World Health Organization, Human Rights Watch, etc. concerning street children and child labor.
• US Department of Labor Report: "By the sweat and toil of children: efforts to eliminate child labor"
• International Labor Organization International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor: IPEC
• Free The Children Discusses child labor, child poverty, and children's rights.
• Child Workers in Asia Links to other Asian based organizations.
• Rugmark is an organization working to end child labor in India, Nepal and Pakistan. It is also a label one can look for to ensure their product was not by children.
• Child Labor Coalition
• CLEA Child Labor Education and Action Project "Prepares youth advocates to eradicate abusive child labor policies and practices."
• Children in the Fields Campaign - "Focuses on improving child labor standards in agriculture among children who function as hired workers."
• Global March Against Child Labour "Giving every child a chance to live and grow without the burden of exploitative work."

Links regarding labor rights for workers of all ages

• Campaign for Labor Rights Specializes in the struggles of workers in sweatshops.
• International Labor Organization
• Sweat Shop Watch "committed to eliminating sweatshop conditions in the global garment industry."
• Human Rights for Workers "The world crusade against sweat shops."
• Clean Clothes Campaign "We aim to improve working conditions in the worldwide garment industry."

Socially conscious purchases

• Co-op America "Practical steps for using your consumer power and investor power for social change."
• American Apparel Los Angeles based t-shirt company that is "pioneering industry standards of social responsibility in the workplace."
• Fair Trade Federation
• Fair Trade Resource Network "The alternative that works."
• The Craft Center
• IFAT International Federation for Alternative Trade