Printer-friendly versionPrinter-friendly version  In today's
globalized economy, most of the everyday products Americans buy,
wear, and eat are produced with labor from the developing world.
Our clothes come from countries as remote as Laos or Madagascar;
our toys come from China; our seafood and fresh flowers come
from Chile, Colombia or Ecuador. ILRF has been at the forefront
of connecting the roles of corporations, governments and
consumers to the labor conditions endured by workers producing
products for the US market.  ILRF seeks to challenge sweatshop
conditions globally, and promote ethical alternatives to
sweatshop-produced goods. Simultaneously, we seek to change the
global trade rules, and enforce existing legal protections for
workers around the world. Workers rights need to be enforced
just as stringently as investors rights are now enforced under
these rules.  Contrary to what many believe, sweatshops are not
a positive, or even necessary, step to economic development.
Corporations who trample on