Word: antisweatshop
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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KATHIE LEE I'd love to tell that story. That would be nice for a change. Within weeks we had passed [antisweatshop] legislation in Albany...
What's wrong--or at least not yet right--about FLA is that its plan for comprehensive monitoring of factories, a significant element of any credible antisweatshop policy, is not yet fully developed and may leave some factories uninspected for several years after certification. We also have questions about how the factories are selected for inspection; we would like to see a greater role there for the professional staff of FLA. We are also concerned about whether FLA's intent to certify brand lines, rather than factories, is an effective means of assuring that workers' rights are being protected...