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Manuscripts from 2012
Mattel Supplier Factory Investigation: Excessive work hours, low pay, toxic exposures and strict work environments, China Labor Watch
Apple Joins Fair Labor Association, Fair Labor Association
Report on Labour & Environmental Training Workshop in Kunshan 2010-04, Fair Labor Association
Hershey’s to be Called-Out for Alleged Use of Forced Child Labor in Ad at Super Bowl, International Labor Rights Forum
Hershey Will Offer Certified Chocolate Following Consumer-Driven Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum
“More Unionists Were Killed”: Alliance of Progressive Labor Testifies in Washington Hearing, International Labor Rights Forum
Bread and Roses: Garment and Textile Worker Organizing, Then and Now, International Labor Rights Forum and Sweatfree Communities
Vision: February 2012 Newsletter, Verité
Worker Rights Consortium assessment PT Kizone (Indonesia): Findings, Recommendations and Status, Worker Rights Consortium
WRC update: Workers Reinstated at Genesis, S.A. Haiti, Worker Rights Forum
Manuscripts from 2011
Presentation of the New York City Pension Funds’ Proposal Wal-Mart Stores 2011 Annual Meeting June 3, 2011, Kalpona Akter
BYD Company Limited Investigative Report, China Labor Watch
Complaint against Intertek, China Labor Watch
Dell, HP, and NEC Supplier Factory Case Study: MSI Computer (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., China Labor Watch
Investigation of Two Clothing and Apparel Factories in China: Excessive Overtime, Student Workers, and Exploitative Wage Systems, China Labor Watch
Survey of Chinese Workers’ Working Conditions in 2010, China Labor Watch
The Failure of Target's Audit System in its Chinese Supplier Factories, China Labor Watch
The Unfair Dismissal of Tandy Electronics Co. Ltd Workers, China Labor Watch
Tragedies of Globalization: The Truth Behind Electronics Sweatshops, China Labor Watch
Fashion Victims- A Report on Sandblasted Denim, Clean Clothes Campaign
Press release: Lèse majésté as pretext to silence critical voices, Clean Clothes Campaign
Executive Summary and Independent Investigation: Ocean Sky Apparel, COVERCO
Final Report Regarding the Ocean Sky Apparel Factory in El Salvador, Fair Labor Association
FLA- Greenovate Joint Training 2011-03, Fair Labor Association
FLA- High Rock Grievance Procedure Consultation 2011, Fair Labor Association
FLA Hiring and Grievance Procedure Training in Guangzhou, China 2011-08, Fair Labor Association
FLA Hours of Work Training in India 2011-06, Fair Labor Association
FLA Hours of Work Training in Vietnam 2011-03, Fair Labor Association
FLA- INFACT Training Series in Kunshan Shanghai 2011-05: Hours of Work Training, Fair Labor Association
FLA- INFACT Training Series in Kunshan Shanghai 2011-05: HRM Training, Fair Labor Association
FLA Social Sustainability Awareness Training in India 2011-04, Fair Labor Association
Harland Clarke Holdings Corp, Fair Labor Association
H&M Hop Lun Workers’ Participation 3rd Training China 2011-02, Fair Labor Association
Hop Lun Bangladesh- Workers’ Participation 3rd Training 2010-12, Fair Labor Association
Hop Lun Bangladesh- Workers’ Participation 4th Training China 2011-02, Fair Labor Association
Interim Remediation Update: Third Party Complaint Regarding Gildan Dortex, Dominican Republic, Fair Labor Association
Interim Report Regarding the Ocean Sky Apparel Factory in El Salvador, Fair Labor Association
Interim Report: Third Party Complaint Regarding F&D, S.A. de C.V. in El Salvador, Fair Labor Association
Interim Report: Third Party Complaint Regarding Gildan Dortex, Dominican Republic, Fair Labor Association
Interim Report Update: Third Party Complaint Regarding Gildan Dortex, Dominican Republic, Fair Labor Association
Nestlé Taps Fair Labor Association to Map Cocoa Supply Chain, Accelerate Progress in Eliminating Child Labor, Fair Labor Association
Protecting Workers’ Rights Worldwide: 2010 Annual Report January 1, 2010-December 31, 2010, Fair Labor Association
Statement on Labor Rights Allegations at Style Avenue Factory in El Salvador, Fair Labor Association
Summary Report: Freedom of Association Investigation at Rimaks Tekstil, Turkey, Fair Labor Association
Update Regarding Ocean Sky Apparel Factory in El Salvador, Fair Labor Association
Statement on Remediation at Pinehurst Manufacturing in Honduras, Fair Labor Association and Grupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador (GMIES)
Memorandum from the WRC to International Buyers Concerning the June Textile Dispute, Bent Gehrt and Ben Hensler
Mission Report: Investigation of Third Party Complaint Regarding Gildan-Dortex, Adrian Goldin
20,000 to Hershey: Stop Sponsoring Child Labor by Halloween, International Labor Rights Forum
2010 ILRF Annual Report, International Labor Rights Forum
As Profits Soar, Chocolate Industry Fails to Deliver on Promises to End Forced and Child Labor on Cocoa Farms, International Labor Rights Forum
Civil Society Open Letter To Secretary Clinton on Human Rights and Labor Rights in Uzbekistan, International Labor Rights Forum
Comments on EO 13126, International Labor Rights Forum
Consumers Use Smart Phone Codes in Supermarkets to Campaign Against Child Labor in Hershey Bars, International Labor Rights Forum
Costumed Activists to Give Hershey More Than 100,000 Signatures Demanding a Commitment to Child Labor-Free Cocoa by Halloween, International Labor Rights Forum
Envoy Group's Case against BCWS, International Labor Rights Forum
Flyer about State-Sponsored Forced Labor in Vietnam, International Labor Rights Forum
Free2Work iPhone App Helps Shoppers Avoid Gifts Made by Forced Child Labor, International Labor Rights Forum
Free2Work Launches Barcode Scanning App 2.0, Increasing Consumer Power, International Labor Rights Forum
Hershey, trailing Behind Competitors, Gets “F” for Failing to Remove Child Labor from Chocolate, International Labor Rights Forum
Human, Labor Rights groups Welcome Cancellation of Gulnara Karimova’s NY Fashion Week Appearance, International Labor Rights Forum
ILRF to Participate in Just Jobs Network First Annual Meeting Egypt, International Labor Rights Forum
Labor and Consumer Groups Call on US Government to Improve Procurement Tool in the Fight Against Child Labor Globally, International Labor Rights Forum
Labor Rights Advocates Congratulate Bridgestone/Firestone Workers in Liberia on Award from U.S. Dept of Labor, International Labor Rights Forum
Letter To Secretary Clinton Regarding Uzbekistan in the 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report, International Labor Rights Forum
Luna Lovegood Actress Joins Fans and Labor Rights Advocates in Calling on Warner Bros. to Make all Harry Potter Chocolate Fair Trade, International Labor Rights Forum
Major Rally in Times Square Calls on Hershey Company to Stop Using Child Labor Chocolate, International Labor Rights Forum
Mars and Fairtrade International Announce Collaboration, International Labor Rights Forum
Nassa Group's Case against BCWS, International Labor Rights Forum
Open Letter from ILRF’s Newly Appointed Executive Director, International Labor Rights Forum
Other Cases against BCWS, International Labor Rights Forum
Press Release: 75,000 Shoppers To JC Penney: Don’t Break Promises To Families of Workers Burned Alive in Factory Fire, International Labor Rights Forum
Prominent Labor Rights Organization Welcomes Judy Gearhart as New Director, International Labor Rights Forum
Raise the Bar, Hershey! Flyer, International Labor Rights Forum
State Dept. Trafficking Report Fails to Hold Uzbekistan to Account for Forced Child Labor, International Labor Rights Forum
Statement on Congressional Letters in Defense of Labor Rights Leaders in Bangladesh, International Labor Rights Forum
Still Time to Raise the Bar: The Real Corporate Social Responsibility Report for the Hershey Company, International Labor Rights Forum
US: Take Tough Stance With Uzbekistan, International Labor Rights Forum
Valentine for Hershey from the "Raise the Bar, Hershey!" Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum
Working for Scrooge: This Year’s Worst Companies to Work if You Want the Right to Join a Union, International Labor Rights Forum
Working for Scrooge: Worst Companies of 2011 for Freedom of Association, International Labor Rights Forum
Easter Letter to Hershey from the "Raise the Bar, Hershey!" Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum, Global Exchange, and Green America
Passover Materials for the "Raise the Bar, Hershey!" Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum, Global Exchange, and Green America
2010-2011 Annual Report, International Labor Rights Forum and Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium
Global wage trends and wage policy developments in selected countries - Wage policies, productivity growth and employment, International Labour Office
Report of the Director-General, First Supplementary Report: Global Action Plan to promote implementation of the HIV and AIDS Recommendation, 2010 (No. 200), International Labour Office
Safety in the Supply Chain in Relation to Packing of Containers, International Labour Office
Sectoral Activities Programme: Proposals for 2012–13, International Labour Office
The Director-General’s Programme and Budget Proposals for 2012-13, International Labour Office
Evaluation of the Microbiological Quality of Water for Consumption at the Ocean Sky Garment Manufacturing Facilities, Laboratory for Agricultural Chemistry Services, UCA
Workers at PT Kizone Still Owed $1.8 Million; No Action from adidas and Dallas Cowboys, Scott Nova
Workers Owed $2.3 Million by Supplier to Nike, Adidas, Dallas Cowboys, Scott Nova
WRC Update - PT Kizone (2), Scott Nova
WRC Update: PT Kizone (Indonesia), Scott Nova
Ocean Sky Remediation Plan, Ocean Sky
Enhancing Social Protection in the Apparel and Footwear Industry, Omar Salazar and Giovanni Beluche V.
Measuring progress towards the application of freedom of association and collective bargaining rights: A tabular presentation of the findings of the ILO supervisory system, Dora Sari and David Kucera
Final Report: Third Party Complaint Regarding Choishin, Guatemala, Sindicato de Trabajadores de Industria Textil Choishin and Fair Labor Associaiton
Sweatfree Purchasing Guide, Version 1, Sweatfree Communities and International Labor Rights Forum