The anti-sweatshop movement that challenges low wages and poor working conditions for workers sparked in the late 1990s and continues to sweep the country today.  However, many mainstream economists are still quite critical of the anti-sweatshop movement.  They believe that sweatshops are a necessary step in the development of poor nations, and that raising wages ...

No, my title is not a typo. Yes, I do (though somewhat reluctantly) support sweatshops. Hopefully you’ve heard by now that the United States Congress just agreed to free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama. Many people, rightfully so, link free trade to sweatshops abroad so it seems like the perfect time for ...

This year, Activism Club has begun to stress the importance of fair trade and has used that as the basis for their activism after the successful “Think Outside the Bottle” campaign last year. Fair trade is defined by Fair Trade USA as “a market-based approach to sustainable development” in order to protect “the environment for ...