Some Educational Resources on Child Labor and Sweatshops

Free the Children. www.freethechildren.org; 905-760-9382.
An international organization created and directed by young people. FTC provides excellent educational resources on child labor, sweatshops, and the global economy.

Smithsonian Museum of American History, Sweatshop Exhibit. www.americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/index.htm; 202-357-2700. Historical and current information about sweatshops and movements to reform them.

Maquila Solidarity Network. www.maquilasolidarity.org; 416-532-8584. Excellent educational material on sweatshops, global economy, and labor. Also involved in anti-sweatshop campaigns and solidarity actions.

Coop America. www.coopamerica.org; 800-58-GREEN.
Resource for socially responsible investing. Lists mutual funds and retirement options that avoid investments in companies which use sweatshops and promote investment in companies that treat their workers fairly.

Clean Clothes Campaign. www.cleanclothes.org.
Site of the international campaign to encourage clothing stores to certify that their products are not made in sweatshops, by child labor, or by exploited workers.

National Labor Committee.www.nlcnet.org; 212-242-3002.
Provides educational resources about working conditions around the world.

Corporate Watch. www.corpwatch.org; 415-561-6568.
Comprehensive information about corporations and their social, environmental and economic impacts.

www.behindthelabel.org. Web site with up-to-date news about anti-sweatshop developments; provides easy links to scores of related sites.

U.S. Department of Labor. www.dol.gov; 1-866-4-USA-DOL. Search under child labor for information about projects including reports of the International Child Labor Program.